Fundamentals video tutorials

Introduction to F1 Tutorials

Kerry Kingston, who will guide you through the Alias tutorials, provides an overview of the tutorial material and describes the assets that you'll be using.

F1.1 Using the Alias File System

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: opening a file, file structure, viewing data.

F1.2 Zooming, Panning, and Tumbling the Scene

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: zoom, pan, tumble, point of interest, pick object, look at.

F1.3 Organizing Parts onto Layers

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: Object lister, layers, layer symmetry, multi color shader.

F1.4 Selecting and Grouping – Importing Wheels

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: import, group, pick object, pick nothing.

F1.5 Moving, Scaling, and Rotating the Wheels

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: move, scale, rotate, mirror.

Interface and Problem Solving Tips

Introduction to F2 Tutorials

In this series of tutorials, you start building geometry on your own, and the focus will be on accuracy and control.

F2.1 XYZ Dimensions and Accuracy

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: Construction options, grid preset, keypoint curves, distance, point snap, curve snap, grid snap.

F2.2 Circles and the Information Window

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: keypoint circle, radius, rational flags, Information Window.

F2.3 Importing a Polygon Mesh and Local Axes

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: Information Window, File options, cylinder, zero transforms, scale, non-proportional scale.

F2.4 Pivot Points and Grouping

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: Set pivot, scale, mirror, group, rotate.

F2.5 Snapping and Mouse Constraints

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: cube, patch precision, curve snap options, snapping with mouse constraints in 2D view.

F2.6 CV Sculpting a Cylinder

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: Pick CV, center pivot, Pick Hull, Set planar.

F2.7 Construction Planes – Working on an Angle

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: construction planes, mirror, toggling the construction plane.

F2.8 CV Sculpting Cubes and Groups

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial including: marking menus, Pick Object, Pick Component, Pick CV, point snap.

Using the Marking Menus and Shelves

In this tutorial, you'll begin working with marking-menus and the customizable shelves.

Introduction to F3 Tutorials

In this section, you'll begin building your own version of Mike's car design using NURBS surfaces.

F3.1 NURBS Surfaces 1 – Degree and CVs

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: plane, extend, non-proportional scale.

F3.2 NURBS Surfaces 2 – Symmetry

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: curve curvature, symmetric modeling, detach, patch precision, symmetry plane align.

F3.3 NURBS Curves – Spans and Edit Points

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: CV curve, Curve curvature, Draw style, Edit point curve, Extend, Skin.

F3.4 Edit Point Curves – Car Outline Curves

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: duplicate curve, edit point curve, shelves.

F3.5 Curve Tools – Offset and Trim

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: offset, query edit, curve curvature, stretch, curve section, extend.

F3.6 Wheel Arch Curves

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial include: circle, radius.

Skill Builder 3.7 – Multi-Span Curves

Skill Builder 3.8 – Multi-Span Surfaces

Introduction to F4 Tutorials

In this section, you'll bring NURBS surfaces and curves together to design the patch layout for your model.

F4.1 Projecting and Trimming Surfaces

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: -CV curve, project, curve on surface, trim, untrim.

F4.2 Intersecting and Trimming Surfaces

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: sphere, non-proportional scale, plane, detach, intersect, trim.

F4.3 Trimming the Wheel Arches

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: project, trim.

F4.4 Trimming the Side of the Car

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: offset, project.

Skill Builder 4.5 – Intersecting the Roof Line

Skill Builder 4.6 – Trim Divide

Skill Builder 4.7 – Fitting the Side Surface

Interface and Problem Solving Tips

Introduction to F5 Tutorials

In this section, you'll start building up the rest of the surfaces on the car using the primary surfacing tools.

F5.1 Skin Surface and Construction History

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: Project, trim, skin, query edit

F5.2 Skin, Planar, and Draft Surfaces

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: skin, planar, multi-surface draft

F5.3 Skin and Draft for Sketch Surfaces

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: skin, multi-surface draft

F5.4 Swept Surface: Mono-Rail

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: rail surface, duplicate curve

F5.5 Boundary Surfaces: Bi-Rail and Square

square, duplicate curve, rail surface, plane, set construction plane

F5.6 Revolve Surface - Wheels

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: revolve

F5.7 Revolve Surface - Side Glass

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: Revolve, keypoint curve arc, cross section editor, project

Skill Builder 5.8 – Parallel Roof Line

This section looks at creating a parallel roof line.

Interface and Surfacing Tips

This section looks at the most common problems you can encounter while working with the Square and Rail Surface tools.

Introduction to F6 Tutorials and the Align Tool

This series of tutorials focuses on refining the block surfaces by creating smooth blends between each surface.

F6.1 Curve Fillet and Continuity

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: fillet curves, curve fillet

F6.2 Bi-Rail Surface and Continuity

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: skin, surface continuity, birail

F6.3 Surface Fillet and Round

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: round, surface fillet, Surface continuity

F6.4 Introduction to Freeform Blend

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: freeform blend, surface fillet, skin, align

F6.5 Freeform Blend – Wheel Arch Layout

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: freeform blend

F6.6 Construction Tolerances, Square, and Align

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: construction options, surface continuity, align,square

F6.7 Introduction to Blend Curves

Key tools and concepts in this tutorial: blend curve, blend curve edit

Skill Builder 6.8 – Detailing the Roof Window

Skill Builder 6.9 – Rail: Patch Layout and Problem Solving

Skill Builder 6.10 – Rail: Curve Segments on the Front Bumper

Skill Builder 6.11 – Completing the Front Wheel Arch Blend

Interface and Problem Solving Tips