Alias Tutorial

Learning Autodesk AliasStudio 2008 Level 1 A hands-on prologue to the key instruments and methods of Autodesk AliasStudio 73415-050000-5001A Copyright and trademarks AliasStudio 2008 documentation by: Pat Anderson, Marie-France Roy, Kerry Kingston and Damien Fleury  © Copyright 2002-2007 Autodesk, Inc. All rights held. This distribution, or parts thereof, may not be repeated in any structure, by any technique, for any reason. AUTODESK, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS, AND MAKES SUCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE SOLELY ON A â€Å"AS-IS† BASIS. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTODESK, INC. , BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR SPECIAL, COLLATERAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF ACQUISITION OR USE OF THESE MATERIALS. THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY TO AUTODESK, INC. 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Government is dependent upon limitations as set out in FAR 12. 212 (Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights) and DFAR 227. 7202 (Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software), as appropriate. Distributed By: Autodesk, Inc. 111 Mclnnis Parkway San Rafael, CA 94903, USA Documentation manufacture date: April 3, 2007 iii GETTING HELP ON ALIASSTUDIO Welcome Autodesk gives you various assets to help you in turning into a capable AliasStudio client. Discovering help on AliasStudio highlights If: Try this You need data about introducing AliasStudio Follow the on-screen directions on the establishment CD. For progressively nitty gritty directions, see the introduce. pdf document on the top degree of the CD. You are new to AliasStudio ? Peruse Getting Started, the booklet remembered for the pack. ? Peruse through the data on the principle documentation page (record. html) ? Peruse the About†¦ segment of the online documentation. In the event that you like, you can print off the book brimming with this data, which is called AliasStudio Fundamentals. ? Work through these instructional exercises in Learning AliasStudio. These are essential exercises that will show you working in 3D in AliasStudio. They are likewise the essential for further developed AliasStudio courses. Utilize the How To†¦ segment of the online documentation to figure out how to perform explicit activities inside AliasStudio, such as drawing bends, making four-sided surfaces, and utilizing veils while painting. ? Visit www. autodesk. com/estore to get some answers concerning learning instruments, for example, Learning Alias AliasStudio | Beginner’s Guide focused on the amateur client. You are updating from a past adaptation of StudioTools ? See the What’s New in AliasStudio record, accessible by choosing Help > What’s New in AliasStudio, or on the documentation CD as a PDF document. ? Take a gander at the What’s New tab in the default rack furnished with the application. iv You are searching for point by point nformation about an apparatus or highlight ? Glance in the â€Å"Tools and Menus† area of the online assistance ? Pick Help > What’s this and afterward click on the apparatus or menu thing ? Utilize the correct mouse button on the foundation of any choice window to see help for that device or activity. You need to learn new procedures for utilizing AliasStudio ? See Learning AliasStudio 2008 ? See Technical Surfacing ? Visit www. autodesk. com/estore to discover learning apparatuses focused on middle of the road and propelled clients. You need a PDF variant of one of the manuals ? The entirety of the manuals are given in PDF group in the PDF catalog on the documentation CD. You need to recognize what the eyboard easy routes are in AliasStudio ? Pick Help > Keyboard alternate ways from insi de AliasStudio, or snap Keyboard Shortcuts on the principle online assistance page. You need a Quick Reference card ? Print the Quick Reference card record gave in the PDF catalog on the documentation CD. v Finding AliasStudio preparing assets If†¦ Try this†¦ You need to get inside and out preparing ? See the learning materials and instructional classes accessible from www. autodesk. com/preparing You need to get tips and procedures from the specialists at AliasStudio MasterClasses ? For occasions close to you, see www. autodesk. com/preparing You need to make modules for AliasStudio Use the AliasStudio Application Programmers’ Interface Manual to get familiar with the article situated programming required to construct modules. You need data about turning into an Alias-guaranteed educator ? See the data at www. autodesk. com/preparing or get in touch with us at [emailâ protected] com. vi Finding support for AliasStudio If†¦ Try this You are a Platinum part and need to get to the Knowledgebase or Ask Autodesk ? Go to the AliasStudio bolster site at www. autodesk. com/bolster You need to interat with other AliasStudio clients ? Go to the online User-to-User Discussion gathering on the AliasStudio bolster website at www. autodesk. com/bolster You need answers to basic roubleshooting questions ? See the FAQs (every now and again posed inquiries) in the specialized help segment of the AliasStudio bolster site at www. autodesk. com/support. You need to permit your product ? On the off chance that you are a Platinum part and need a permit, check the executable permit record on the highest point of your establishment CD. In the event that your permit isn’t there, go to www. autodesk. com/fight and adhere to the guidelines in the introduce. pdf record at the highest point of the AliasStudio CD. ? In the event that you are another client, go to www. autodesk. com/opa to get another permit. You need client or specialized help ? Go to the web site page www. autodesk. com/bolster vii Working with AliasStudio In the event that you make idea structures ? Find out about our new idea structure work process ? Work through the demonstrating and rendering instructional exercises in Learning Studio If you assemble 3D models dependent on draws ? Work through the displaying instructional exercises in Learning AliasStudio If you fabricate 3D models for produce ? Find out About Curves and About Modeling ? Work through the demonstrating instructional exercises in Learning Studio ? Check the network site for tips and deceives If you change 3D models for produce ? Peruse AliasStudio Fundamentals ? Work through the Technical Surfacing instructional exercises. On the off chance that you make rendered pictures ? Find out About Rendering ? Work through the rendering instructional exercises in Learning Studio Check the network website for tips and deceives and downloadable shaders and foundations If you make movements ? Accomplish the work in the â€Å"If you make rendered images† area ? Find out Abo ut Animating ? Work through the movement instructional exercises in Learning Studio ? Check the network site for tips and deceives. viii ix CONTENTS Learning AliasStudio furnishes you with instructional exercises to gain proficiency with the rudiments of demonstrating, rendering, and vivifying. All highlights are not accessible in all items or on all stages; you may discover your product doesn't bolster a portion of the capacities depicted in this book to outline