Autodesk ALIAS SURFACE Brochure

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Alias® Surface

Perfect your designs.

Master Complex Shapes

Model high-quality production surfaces with speed and control.
Autodesk® Alias® Surface gives you all the advanced surface
creation tools you need to create high-quality surfaces ready for
manufacturing.

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Contents

Design Modeling ......................................... 3

Precision Surface Modeling ...................... 4

Reverse Engineering ................................... 5

VisualizationandCommunication .......... 6

Productive Environment ........................... 7

Process Integration .................................... 8

Autodesk Alias Product Line .................... 9

Learn More or Purchase .......................... 10

Perfect Your Designs

Define inspiring and ergonomic shapes that meet
functional requirements, with the powerful tools in
Autodesk Alias Surface software. Alias Surface helps
you sculpt 3D models to achieve the perfect union
of aesthetics and engineering. Power your creative
process with industry-leading curve-based and di­rect modeling tools that help you fine-tune designs
in a single software environment, in less time.

Communicate Your Vision

Alias Surface makes it easy to create highly realistic
models. You can shade and light models to com­municate your design vision more clearly, and
confirm that your surfaces meet exacting standards.
Reviewers can evaluate high-quality imagery that
reflects a range of materials and colors. The result
is quick and confident design-review decisions—
without time-consuming renderings.

Speed Up Processes

When engineering teams need to redo surfaces,
it delays projects and can result in unintended
changes to your models. Alias Surface supports a
highly streamlined workflow that lets you control
design intent further in the product development
process. You can exchange design data with
engineering CAD software, such as Autodesk

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create such high-quality, Class-A surfaces in Alias
Surface that engineering teams don’t need to
recreate them.

Specialized Design Tools

Alias Surface oers a full set of dynamic modeling
capabilities for shape development, refinement, and
control. The software’s functionality helps meet
your requirements for:

• Designmodeling

• Precisionsurfacingmodeling

• Reverseengineering

• Visualizationandcommunication

• Processintegration

• Productiveenvironment

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Design Modeling

Take your 3D models to the next level. Evolve concepts
through a creative, iterative process.

Flexible Modeling

The concept
development phase
demands close
collaboration between
designers and engineers
to produce concepts that
are new, yet technically
feasible.

Take advantage of a range of product modeling
techniques to visualize any form. Autodesk
Surface combines fast, repeatable curve-based
modeling tools with the ability to directly sculpt 3D
models.

Dynamic Shape Modeling

Experiment with shapes at any stage of the design
process. Quickly manipulate your model, exploring
variations on 3D forms without rebuilding geometry,
or make real-time modifications in design reviews.
Shape objects dynamically with these powerful
tools:

Lattice Rig—Sculpt geometry by manipulating a •
customizable lattice created around an object.
Transformer Rig—Use curves and surfaces as •
controls to modify or constrain portions of
existing geometry.
Bend—Bend geometry using a curve to control •
deformation.
Twist—Twist geometry around a single-axis curve. •
Conform—Conform geometry to the shape of •
another surface.

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Rapid Prototyping

Build physical prototypes more eciently from
digital models. With rapid prototyping, you can
develop and refine designs before committing
to production. Print in 3D using STL output for
stereolithography by exporting data to computer
numerical control (CNC) machines. Alias Surface
supports 3D printing in color.

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