In this class, experienced Alias industrial design software users, concept artists, illustrators, and designers learn the powerful Alias techniques used to create an art book of fantasy vehicles, airplanes, bikes, spaceships, and mysterious expeditions. Power Alias user Michal Jelinek shares his story about how he created the art for the book. He explains how the creative modeling process differs in entertainment versus product design. He also discusses how to capitalize on polygonal modeling expertise in Alias, as well as how to use the Alias dynamic shape modeling tools and hybrid modeling capability. Finally, he shows how to prepare Alias concept models for rapid prototyping.

This presentation will introduce the making of the concept car project ETRAXX, and show all of the project’s steps. We’ll go from concept modeling in virtual reality (VR) to SubD modeling in Alias software, including many different technologies and new features used. We’ll go from Alias concept creation to detailing in Autodesk Fusion 360, and from the first VR reviews to GPU ray tracing for final rendering.

In this presentation, car designer Ning Ding will show best practices in automotive design through fast concept modeling, sketching, rendering, and animation workflows. Drawing on the full power available in Alias AutoStudio, Ning will share how designers and digital sculptors can work together during this process to bring a design to life. Ning will share live demo vignettes to show how designers can sketch and even directly create concept model by Alias, Speedform and Maya, visualize and render the 3D model in VRED and even create animations and cool scenes in Maya. Ning will also share insights into the current state of the automotive design market in China, where he has both practiced as a professional designer as well as his current job as a subject matter expert working for Autodesk. This session features Alias AutoStudio and Alias Concept.

This class will cover a concept design workflow using Alias Create VR software, Alias subdivision, Alias detailing, and VRED visualization techniques.

This class will provide an update on Alias SpeedForm (formerly known as Project Earl). This next-generation, sub-d concept modeler is currently under development by Autodesk, Inc., and it is targeted at servicing the needs of professional automotive designers and product stylists.

This presentation will show the creation of a concept seat, from using Autodesk® Alias® Speedform for creating the design and shape, to Autodesk® Alias® software for detailing like the stitching and other complex details, and finally Autodesk® VRED™ software for creating high-end renderings.

The presentation will show a seamless workflow from start to finish, and will give tips and trick about the latest features of each software that is used.

In this class we will go over some of the new features in Alias software that can help in procedural modeling techniques, and tools that you can create with scripts to be driven through Dynamo software. Dynamo is a visual programming platform that you can use to create custom algorithms to process data and generate geometry. Since version 2019, we have had an integration of Dynamo in our Alias line of products (Concept, Surface, and AutoStudio). With the latest release of 2021, we have included Dynamo player, which enables anyone to run scripts and capitalize on the power of these tools to improve workflows and processes to save time and effort.

Learn how to go from Autodesk Inventor software to Autodesk Alias software and back again to create real-world designs. You own Autodesk® Product Design Suite Ultimate—now is the time to start using this amazing technology that is at your fingertips.

This one-hour demo will show the design of a track shoe from sketch to render. We will show the process of sketching in Sketchbook and bringing the work into Alias software. Once in Alias, we’ll compare NURBS modeling workflows and how the new Subdivision modeling in Alias 2020 is better suited for concept modeling. The main portion of the demo revolves around how Dynamo, Sketchbook, and Alias work together to help designers ideate procedurally designed tread for the soles. Once the sole is complete, the shoe is brought into VRED software to create photorealistic marketing-level renderings.

In this class we will cover multiple workflow paths, moving Alias SpeedForm conceptual data and evolving it into technically clean surfaces in Alias software. Starting with the Alias SpeedForm model, we will investigate what it looks like and the pros and cons of using this data directly. Then we will look at techniques to augment the data to cleaner surfaces. Finally we will use mesh-modeling techniques to work off the shape. One of the techniques we will use is scan data workflow. Students will gain a better practical understanding of how to move Alias SpeedForm data into Alias software.

The class will show you an automotive interior design workflow. It will show how fast you can get to a physical prototype of an interior part. The workflow starts with quick concept modeling using Alias software. After that, we hand out the model to Autodesk Fusion 360 software for additional steps like physical model making and manufacturing cost evaluation. This early phase concept workflow can massively speed up your decision-making process for interior parts.

There are so many techniques to save you time and help you create the surfaces you want in Alias software. I have found that many of these techniques are new to, or overlooked by, seasoned professionals and are certainly useful to new users as well. These methods of working can speed up your use of nearly every command within Alias software. This class applies to all surface work, from concept through production class “A” for any design, whether it’s product development or automotive.

In this class, Alias software expert and small business owner Michal Jelinek discusses how he used Alias as a critical tool for developing prototypes of a personal tracked vehicle. Michal shows how he used SketchBook® Pro software to create initial concepts, Inventor® Fusion software to design mechanical parts, and then Alias for the aesthetic surfaces and for prototyping.

Join Kerry Kingston, expert teacher for Alias industrial design software. She introduces the new Alias Learning Workbench, a flipped learning environment that provides multiple entry points for digital natives and digital immigrants alike to create their own learning paths. The key concepts have been distilled into 10 Golden Rules; more in-depth understanding can be excavated in the Theory Builders. Or you can just sit back and watch the video tutorials and soak up the concepts of freeform NURBS modeling on a City Car concept.

This session will be an introduction to the world of Alias product design, concept modeling, and detailed surface modeling. We’ll look at how automation can speed up the design process—allowing faster and more informed design making, as well creating shareable and reusable IP across the design pipeline. Experience-based decision making is becoming more important, and we’ll look at trends and offer insights into how this can help industrial and product designers gather customers insights. Disparate tools need cross-team and cross-function collaboration, making the designers of tomorrow even more efficient. Making decisions faster (with confidence) across teams and geographies is key. We believe that the future of design will start with the customer, and how we ensure that connection works (as well as enterprise-wide integration) in a seamless manner.

Autodesk Alias is used by leading global automotive brands for design and class A modeling. Alias's class A modeling tools in particular have been heavily invested in over the past several years. Autodesk is in the process of creating new learning material for class A that takes advantage of these new tools. In this class, class A expert Barry Kimball will introduce this new learning material.

Subdivision bodies are a type of geometry in Alias software that provides smooth continuous surfaces for the creation of objects and organic shapes. Alias subdivision bodies are compatible with standard Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces, which makes them like subdivision surfaces in other content creation applications such as Maya software and 3ds Max software. However, Alias subdivision bodies are a collection of continuous NURBS surface patches, so they also inherit characteristics from Alias surfaces. This means that Alias subdivision bodies include the strengths of Alias NURBS surfaces and traditional subdivision surfaces. This class will cover the new subdivision tools and integrated workflows in Alias.

This class will look at how Alias software and VRED software enable the design and visualization of heavy machinery and equipment.

One of the new features of Alias 2020 software is the Subdivision module. It’s just a simple module, but why are users crazy about it? Why are even concept designers eager to learn more about Subdivision? How is this technology going to influence the concept modeling process and creative design workflow? This session will reveal the story behind it all.

Make the round trip from Alias software through Fusion 360 software to enhance design outcomes. By borrowing generative outputs from Fusion 360 in the concept phase of design, you can create and build unique new designs in Alias.