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DESIGN. No other single factor has as much power to determine the
success of transportation and consumer products. In today's competitive
global market, designers are under pressure to come up with new, innovative
designs that address both form and function—and to do so quickly.
Alias StudioTools 13 gives you the competitive advantage. It's an all
inclusive design solution that delivers the tools you need within a single,
efficient working environment that supports the creative shape definition,
visualization, and refinement process.
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With Alias StudioTools™
you can:
- Explore more design solutions without extending your schedule
- Create more design iterations
- Visualize concepts with precision
- Make compelling presentations of your ideas.
- Refine your designs and hone in on solutions in less time
- Use fewer software applications to get your work done
- Spend less time thinking about modeling and more time working on
your design.
Learn about the StudioTools family and discover
which one best suits your needs:
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DesignStudio is
ideation and concept design software for shape definition
and communication. It enables you to rapidly develop,
visualize, and communicate design concepts and prototypes
using sketches, illustrations, interactive visualization,
photorealistic rendering, animations, and digital 3D models.
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| Studio lets you
own the entire design process from ideation through to
design refinement and resolution. It includes all of the
features in DesignStudio, plus the capability to efficiently
control the entire shape definition process with tools
to create, modify and visualize precise surfaces and design
details. It also includes advanced visualization features
for realistic interactive evaluation and presentation.
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AutoStudio is
the industry-standard software for transportation design
and styling, used by every major automotive styling studio
in the world. AutoStudio provides a comprehensive solution
for the entire shape definition process, from concept
sketches to Class-A surfacing. More
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SurfaceStudio is
for virtual modelers who evolve concept models and scan
data into high-quality product or, in the case of technical
surfacing, Class-A surfaces. It includes a full set of
dynamic modeling capabilities for shape development, refinement
and control, as well as powerful interactive evaluation
functionality to verify the aesthetic and technical quality
of surfaces. More
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StudioTools At-A-Glance
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Deliverables |
DesignStudio |
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AutoStudio |
SurfaceStudio |
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Sketches |
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Illustrations |
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Renderings |
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3D concept models |
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Rapid prototypes |
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Animations |
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Detailed
models for transfer to CAD |
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Tooling surfaces |
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Data Modeling |
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Class-A surfaces
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Modified scan data |
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Scan data visualizations |
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| Download
Alias Studio Personal Learning Edition from the Alias Web site.
(Currently at version 12) |
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| What's New in StudioTools
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Overview
StudioTools 13 is a feature-packed release that gives designers
the tools to promote productivity and creativity. The new features
and enhancements in StudioTools 13 deliver: |
Productivity: The
fastest software user interface (UI) for designing. Not only
does this intuitive new UI streamline the design workflow, but
it also helps new users become productive quickly.
Rapid Communication of Ideas – New Dynamic Shape
Modeling functionality gives you a quick way to experiment with
your design and a quick way to modify it. Now you can explore
alternatives without having to start again. |
Faster, Realistic Interactive Visualization –
Get faster interactive performance, a simplified visualization
workflow and photo-real image quality through attributes previously
available only in software rendering—without the wait!
Enhanced Modeling Performance – The re-design
of key modeling tools produces results that require little
or no fine-tuning; semi-automated functionality, including
ball corner and multi-surface blend, speeds up time consuming
modeling tasks.
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| Highlights of
New Features and Enhancements in StudioTools 13 |
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Significant changes
to the UI and Workflow – Now you can spend more time
creating designs and less time looking for, and thinking about,
tools. The new UI includes new default work shelves that present
the you with the essential tools required for specific tasks. |
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Modeling –
The addition of new, semi-automated modeling features and the
re-design of many key modeling tools accelerates the overall
modeling workflow. There is also a new, timesaving hybrid-workflow
(NURBS/scan data) for automotive design. |
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Sketching and 2D/3D
Design – The StudioTools Paint workflow has now been
reorganized so that it is more intuitive to designers coming
from a 2D background. |
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Reverse Engineering
– StudioTools software now offers a number of tools useful
for preparing large scan datasets for modification, visualization
and reverse engineering. |
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Dynamic Shape Modeling – New Dynamic
Shape Modeling features of StudioTools 13 software provide
designers with a fast way to experiment with, and modify shapes
at any stage of the design process.
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Interactive Visualization
– StudioTools 13 harnesses the power of graphics hardware
as never before to deliver faster interactive performance and
software quality hardware rendering.
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Data Exchange –
Building on the new data exchange features implemented in StudioTools
12, this latest release now supports SolidWorks® data import
and improved support for Alias SketchBook® Pro that includes
import of layered TIFF images. |
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note that not all features listed apply to all products in the
StudioTools family. For more information about Alias design
solutions, please visit www.alias.com/design. |
StudioTools
Overview (PDF): Screen
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Supported
Operating Systems:
- Microsoft Windows® XP Professional, Windows 2000
Professional
- SGI® IRIX®
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- CD-ROM drive
- 3-button mouse
- Graphics tablet for sketching Windows
- 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or AMD Opteron®
processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- Graphics Card with 64 MB texture memory.
Graphics card and driver must support OpenGL®
1.xx & OpenGL Shading Language for advanced Hardware
Shading functionality.
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For the most current information
about operating systems and qualified workstations, including
IRIX, please visit www.alias.com/support.
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| Get the right level of
support to help you maximize your investment in Alias StudioTools.
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| Platinum Membership
Highlights |
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Advance Access
- Early access to all product upgrades.
- Front-of-the-line license transfers and support 7 days
per week, 19 hours per day on weekdays.
Total Solutions
- Alias Insider Case Management for online management of
your hotline cases, including "Super User" functionality.
- Alias Insider Technical Solutions provides best practices
documentation, white papers, and more.
- Ask Alias gives you answers from product experts and a
Q&A database.
- Software downloads such as product upgrades.
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Knowledge
- Alias Community resources such as customer stories, Weblogs,
galleries, discussion forums, and more.
- Resource Library for answers to common questions and
technical information through the Alias Insider Technical
Solutions and the Knowledgebase.
- One-hour Interactive Training Session, December 12, 2005
- February 10, 2006,
and coming early in 2006...
- Downloadable LearningTools DVDs for ongoing learning on
a variety of StudioTools topics.
For
a complete list of features, please see
the Alias Web site.
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| In addition to the Platinum
Membership program, Alias offers a complete range of Professional
Services including custom engineering, consulting and training. |
| Professional Services
Highlights |
Alias Professional Services deliver a wide range of specific
custom services—including custom engineering, training
and support —as well as broad-scope, full-service solutions.
Our offerings are based on a holistic approach that takes
into consideration your:
Processes – we design, implement, and re-engineer
workflows to leverage technology to its fullest potential
People – we help you train and retain the most
digitally proficient talent
Tools – we can customize Alias technology to
fit optimally within your workflows and integrate with other
systems
Environment – we help you achieve the right
creative environment that encourages team interaction, streamlines
review cycles, and creates a place of innovation in an atmosphere
of camaraderie.
Professional Services can help you get, and stay, ahead
of the competition.
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Banner images created by Martti Lemieux, Alias Systems
Corp.
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© Copyright 2004-2005 Alias Systems Corp. ("Alias"). All
rights reserved.
Alias, the swirl logo, PortfolioWall, Maya, and SketchBook are registered
trademarks, and StudioTools and ImageStudio are trademarks of Alias in
the United States and/or other countries. SolidWorks is a registered trademark
of SolidWorks Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Pro/Engineer is a registered trademark of Parametric Technology Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries. Catia is a registered trademark
of Dassault Systemes Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Unigraphics is a registered trademark of Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
I-DEAS is a registered trademark of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation.
Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries. SGI and IRIX are trademarks
of Silicon Graphics Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
AMD Opteron is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel and Pentium
are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
All other products or companies mentioned are trademarks or service marks
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