Alias Advanced Training

Advanced Course Overview

Course Description

This course will introduce you to curves and surfaces, curvature continuity, surfacing tools and advanced surfacing techniques in Autodesk Alias. Users will also learn the method for editing and working with meshes from scan data/NURBS surfaces within the Autodesk Alias.

Course Duration

Alias Design (3 Days)

Alias Surface & AutoStudio (5 Days)

Objective

Enable designers to learn and understand about surfacing & solid modeling in Autodesk Alias.

What Will You Learn?

  • Autodesk Alias
  • NURBS
  • G0 to G4 curvature and surface continuity
  • Advanced technical surfacing
  • Reverse engineering

Who Should Attend?

Designers, engineers, anyone looking into surfacing, existing Alias users.

Course Outline

Alias User Interface
  • Palette, Shelves & Control Panel
  • Prompitline
  • Hotkeys & Marking Menu Customization
  • General Preferences & User Preferences
  • User colors
  • Layouts/Windows
  • Construction Options (Unit, Tolerances Setting)
  • Mouse Buttons, Keyboard Keys, Navigation Keys
  • Viewing, POI
  • Open, Saves As, Import and Export File
  • Tool Locator
  • Resets of Tools
Organizing Objects & Display
  • Draw Style Configuration
  • Xray
  • Display Function in Control Panel
  • Layers Management
  • Object Lister
  • Diagnostic Shade
  • Hardware Shade
  • Reference Manager
  • Stage Editor
Drawing Tools
  • NURBS Curve
  • Blend Curve
  • Keypoint Curve Toolbox
  • COS
  • Circle & Sweeps
  • Surface Primitives
  • Construction Plane
  • Grid Preset
Curves & Surfaces in Alias
  • G0 to G3 Curvature & Surface Continuity
  • Achieving G4
  • Curve Properties
  • Surface Properties
Surfacing & Editing
  • Surfacing Tools (23+)
  • Object Edit Tools (20+)
  • Curve Edit Tools (13+)
  • Surface Edit Tools (15+)
  • Explicit Control
  • Query Edit
  • Information Window
  • Create History
  • History View
Modelling in Alias
  • Surface Alignment Best-Practise
  • Direct Modelling
  • Bezier Surfaces
  • Avanced Boolean Operations
  • In-depth Look at Construction Options
  • Shading & Tessellation
  • Textured Patterning & 3D Printing
Analysis & Evaluation
  • Curvature Analysis & Evaluation
  • Surface Analysis & Evaluation
  • Surfaces & Curves Continuity Check & Evaluation
  • Surface Model Check
  • NURBS vs T-Splines/Polygonal Modelling
Scan Data Processing
  • NURBS Surface to Mesh
  • Mesh to NURBS Surface
  • Basic Mesh Editing Tools (13+)
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Scan Data Workflows
Hybrid Modelling
  • Incorporating data from Speedform
  • Solid & Surface Modelling in Inventor with Alias
  • Cloud CAD modelling with Fusion 360

Make Appointment

We would be more than happy to solve your problem and question, please arrange your appointment with us.