Use local Help

By default, the Help for your installed product is internet-based. It will be accessed automatically provided you have an internet connection.

If you prefer to use a local copy of the Help, you can download it and set Alias to use it instead of WikiHelp.

Prepare to install Alias Help

Before you install Alias Help, ensure you do the following:

• Install Alias 2015.
• Download the Autodesk Alias Help installer for your platform from http://www.autodesk.com/alias-2015-help-download.

Install Alias Help on Windows

1. Double-click the Autodesk Alias 2015 Help executable file.
2. By default, the Help is installed to the following directory:

   C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias2015\Help

   To install to a different location, enter that location in the Destination folder field, or click Browse and select it.

   If the destination folder does not exist, it will be created automatically before extraction.
3. Click Extract.

Install Alias Help on Mac OS X

1. Double-click the Autodesk Alias 2015 Help disk (.dmg) file.
2. Drag the Help folder from the disk file to the following directory, depending on which product you have installed:

   /Applications/Autodesk/AutoStudio2015

   /Applications/Autodesk/AliasAutomotive2015

   /Applications/Autodesk/AliasSurface2015

   /Applications/Autodesk/AliasDesign2015

Set Alias to use the installed Help

1. In Alias, choose Preferences > General preferences and click Help.
2. • For Help Location, select Installed Help, and ensure that the specified path is correct.
   • When the Help system is installed locally on your file system, the pathname must be prefixed by file:/// for example, the paths for Alias Design 2015 English documentation would be

     file:///C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias2015\Help\en_US (Windows)

     or file:///Applications/Autodesk/AliasDesign2015/Help/en_US (Mac)

     (Change the product name and version to match what you have installed)

   • When the Help system is on an intranet, the pathname must be prefixed by http:// for example:

     http://local.intranet/Alias{version}/Help/ (see your network administrator)

3. Restart Alias.

For IT Managers: How to deploy Alias 2015 help as part of a deployment (Windows)

1. Create an Alias 2015 deployment image.
2. Download the Autodesk Alias 2015 Help installer from http://www.autodesk.com/alias-2015-help-download.
3. After creating a deployment image, create a new folder called AliasHelp as a subfolder to the AdminImage folder:

   \\your_sever_location\your_shared_location\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\ AliasHelp\

4. Copy alias_help_2015.exe to the AdminImage\AliasHelp folder.

   For Simplified Chinese help install, copy alias_help_2015_chs.exe.

   For Japanese help install, copy alias_help_2015_jpn.exe.

5. Open the [Deployment Name].INI file (located at:

   \\your_server_location\your_shared_location\your_deployment_name\AdminImage) and do the following:

   • Under"Autodesk Alias core", add ALIASHELP to POSTREQUISITE= as follows:

     POSTREQUISITE= ALIASHELP

   • At the end of the [Deployment Name].INI file, add the following lines:

     [ALIASHELP] PLATFORM=NATIVE

     PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Alias 2015 Help

     EXE_PATH=AliasHelp\Alias_help_2015.exe

     EXE_PARAM=s -a -s

     ACTION=INSTALL

6. Set Alias to use the installed help.
   • Instruct each user to follow the instructions under Set Alias to use the installed Help