Alias Essentials
Training
In Reading and Birmingham
Autodesk-authorised course
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Type
Training
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Level
Beginner
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Duration
3 Days
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Start date
July
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Alias training for beginners, teaching key techniques for concept surfacing, technical surfacing, product design and visualisation.
Our Alias Essentials course teaches new users key techniques in the software. Sessions include:
- Overview of the Alias interface.
- The principles of basic curve and surface creation and geometry manipulation.
- Modelling and editing tools.
- Concept surfacing and technical surfacing practices and procedures.
- Rendering.
- Surface Evaluation and Painting.
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About this course
This course is ideal for anyone who wants to begin using the Alias software for product design.
Whilst many delegates are working (or are going to be working) in the automotive industry, this course is relevant to anyone in a design and styling role, including those working in the marine, aerospace, sports equipment and consumer product industries.
No prior Alias or CAD experience is necessary.
Armada is an Autodesk authorised Training centre (ATC), and our Alias training courses are accredited by Autodesk.
Alias courses are hosted by Carl Portman, an Autodesk Certified Instructor from an engineering background who has worked extensively in the automotive industry.
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Subjects
- Automotive
- Design
- Rendering
- Geometry
- CAD
- Drawing
- Automotive Product Design
- Visualisation
- Modelling
- Surface modelling
Teachers and trainers (1)
Carl Portman
trainer
Course programme
- Introduction to Alias
- Basic Terms used in Alias
- Representation of Curves
- Representation of Surfaces
- Alias products: Alias AutoStudio, Alias Surface, Alias Design
- The Alias Interface
- History View
- Windows Layouts
- Marking Menus
- Viewing Panels
- ViewCube
- Workflows in Alias
- Understanding Symbols in Menu, Palette, and Shelves Window
- Hot Keys
- Creating Customized Schemes
- Object Lister Window
- Different States of Node
- Introduction to Basic Tools
- Selecting Tools
- Methods of Creating Objects
- Creating Keypoint Curves
- Features of a Curve
- Creating Curves
- Creating Primitives
- Pick Tools
- Transform Tools
- Shading Objects in View Windows
- Creating Surfaces
- Editing Features
- Editing Keypoint Curves
- Construction Objects
- Working with Layers
- Controlling the Display of Objects
- Controlling the Visibility of Objects
- Secondary Surfaces
- Creating a Fillet Surface
- Creating Freeform Blend Surface
- Creating a Profile Blend Surface
- Modifying the Objects Proportionally
- Moving the CVs Normally
- Generating Curves-on-Surface
- Duplicating Objects
- Advanced Surfaces
- Creating a Rail Surface
- Creating a Square Surface
- Creating N-Sided Surfaces
- Creating Multi-Surface Drafts
- Transforming the CVs and Hulls
- Advanced Modelling
- Refining the Edges of Surfaces
- Editing Curves
- Modifying a Curve
- Breaking Curves
- Sectioning a Group of Curves
- Editing Objects
- Attaching Objects
- Detaching an Object
- Inserting Edit Points into an Object
- Extending an Object
- Offsetting Objects
- Setting the Surface Orientation
- Unifying the Normals of Surfaces
- Dynamic Shape Modelling
- Dynamic Shape Modelling Tools
- Understanding Curve Networks
- Creating Meshes
- Projection on Mesh
- Mesh Partitioning Operations
- Defects in Meshes
- Repairing Meshes
- Introduction to Rendering
- Key Rendering Techniques in Alias
- Lighting
- Shadows
Alias Essentials