November 9, 2022
This update introduces several new features, fixes, and improvements, and addresses many customer-reported crashes and issues.
New Features and Enhancements
Fixed Issues
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New Features and Enhancements
For new features and enhancements in this release, see What's New in Alias 2023.1 Update.
Fixed Issues
| General |
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| Fixed an issued that caused the ViewCube to behave incorrectly. ALS-15473 |
| Alias no longer crashes after selecting a preference set from the Use Preference Sets menu, and then selecting from the Workspaces menu. ALS-13620 |
| Reopening Msave files works correctly again, even when the file location is set to a network drive. ALS-16309 |
| Names in deletion confirm messages, such as layer names, are now only tracked if the ALIAS_TRACE level environment variable is set to a value of 4 or higher. ALS-16411 |
| Msave now saves files to networked drives as expected. ALS-16357 |
| Alias no longer crashes when running the Optimize For Draw plug-in. ALS-15406 |
| Modeling |
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| Moving a CV no longer causes the Continuity locator of the Align tool to disappear when Alignment Type is set to Project. ALS-15296 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the Freeform Blend tool to untrim input surfaces when the Trim Type is set to Automatic. ALS-13896 |
| The Duplicate Tolerance option now works as expected when Check Model is determining whether a surface is a duplicate or embedded. ALS-9466 |
| The Trim Surface tool no longer generates unwanted gaps between trimmed objects after trimming. ALS-14914 |
| The Skin tool no longer crashes when adding curves to a selection in certain circumstances. ALS-16351 |
| Fixed an issue that caused an end point next to an intersection to snap to the closest point on another curve. This behavior created incorrect trim boundaries when COS is used for trimming. ALS-15186 , ALS-15624 |
| The Corner Blend tool no longer fails to create a blend when the fillet extends beyond the base surface. ALS-15479 |
| Fixed an issue that caused prompt line input set to Relative addressing to unexpectedly switch to Absolute addressing in certain circumstances. ALS-15301 |
| Fixed an issue with Surface Fillet tool that caused it to generate uneven fillet boundaries in certain cases. ALS-15625 |
| New Theoretical, and Build Theoretical Construction Types now provide improved results for Chordal Length and Tangent Length surface fillets. ALS-1981 |
| The Curve to Curve Deviation tool Modify Range manipulators now update as expected after reactivating the tool. ALS-15627 |
| Fixed an issue with the Surface Fillet tool that caused the Minimum Radius Achieved field to display incorrect values. ALS-15644 |
| Projected curves-on-surfaces (COS) no longer get deleted after extending the surface using the Extend tool. ALS-15718 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the Align tool to lock the Continuity options after you select G1, G2, or G3 while aligning a surface edge to a curve. ALS-9009 |
| Running Check Model on certain data sets no longer causes Alias to crash. ALS-16291 |
| Turning on Show Helper Curves in the Ball Corner Control window no longer causes Alias to crash. ALS-16063 |
| Using the Profile tool with Profile orientation set to Rotate to Target and Profile target set to Curve now creates surfaces with acceptable deviation. ALS-15678 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the Corner Blend Tool to generate incorrect CV layouts in certain cases. ALS-15684 |
| Resolved a crash associated with turning on Internal Tangent Continuity in the Check Model Options. ALS-15784 |
| In the History Visualizer, double-clicking the Round tool node or selecting Edit > Query Edit now opens the Round tool control window as expected. ALS-15827 |
| The Control Panel now displays the number of picked shells as expected. ALS-15832 |
| Using the Profile tool with certain data sets no longer causes Alias to crash. ALS-16301 |
| Executing the Surface From Subdivision Tool after selecting an edge loop no longer crashes Alias. ALS-15846 |
| Promoting trimmed surfaces using the Reference Manager (Edit > Promote Geometry) no longer causes objects to disappear. ALS-15849 |
| Fixed a crash related to using the Check Model tool in certain circumstances. ALS-16110 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the same number for Proportional Crown Value to produce different results in the Skin and Freeform Blend tools. ALS-16135 |
| Resolved a crash caused by creating a surface fillet in certain cases. ALS-15993 |
| Copying and pasting a selection that contains a camera node no longer creates a new group in the Variant Lister. ALS-15865 |
| Fixed an issue that caused continuity to be lost when creating a surface offset (Surfaces > Surface Offset) with Shrink to Trim turned on. ALS-15268 |
| Copy and pasting objects between stages now includes any assigned shader or material even when Keep Shaders is turned off in the Import options (File > Import). ALS-1587 |
| Unstitched objects (Surface Edit > Stitch > Shell Unstitch) are now assigned to the active construction layer as expected. ALS-15856 |
| Alias no longer crashes when you use the Mesh Smooth tool with Lasso Selection Mode on to define a selection area, and then picking nothing. ALS-16003 |
| The Profile tool no longer generates unexpected results. ALS-16304 |
| Activating the Curve Curvature tool after creating an EP curve no longer causes Alias to deselect a curve. ALS-16018 |
| Fixed an issue with General Preferences that caused the check boxes to not update accordingly when importing saved preferences. ALS-16030 |
| Fixed a crash related to using the Ball Corner tool with specific data sets. ALS-16236 |
| Changing a value in the Ball Corner Control window no longer causes Alias to crash. ALS-16308 |
| Fixed an issue that caused a trimmed and filleted surface to be unexpectedly modified, such as when transforming the filleted surface CVs. ALS-16013 |
| Fixed an issue that caused an attached Blend point to unexpectedly snap back to the origin of the attached Blend curve. ALS-16059 |
| Resolved a crash caused by query editing (Object Edit > Query Edit) a freeform blend curve after duplicating (Edit > Duplicate > Object) the input curves with Instance turned on. ALS-16089 |
| Curve Curvature tool: All CVs along a curve no longer get selected when turning the Comb Display. ALS-16217 |
| Surface Fillet tool: Modify Range handles now display as expected when Query Editing a fillet result. ALS-9080 |
| After unstitching a shell in a scene with multiple layers, the group node now gets assigned to the default construction layer as expected. ALS-15855 |
| Resolved a crash caused by using Shift for selection in the Skin tool in specific situations. ALS-16541, ALS-13222 |
| Unstitching a transformed shell no longer causes the unstitched geometry to move to its original location. ALS-16538 |
| Surface Fillet tool: Adjusting Short Edge Tolerance now provides consistent results regardless of the input surface selection order. ALS-14834 |
| Input surfaces no longer disappear when moving CVs after executing the Group command. ALS-16190 |
| Instances created by the Duplicate tool (Edit > Duplicate) can now be transformed as expected after they have been expanded (Edit > Expand Instances). ALS-16140 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the output of the Surfaces > Profile tool to be twisted in specific situations. ALS-16043 |
| Resolved shading and point of interest modification issues when unstitching to a different layer. ALS-15509 |
| Surfaces trim again as expected. ALS-9941, ALS-9942 |
| After using the Curve Curvature tool, re-selecting it deletes the tool locator for both curves and surface edges. ALS-16204 |
| Layers > Symmetry > Create Geometry now generates correctly orientated normals on the mirrored geometry. ALS-16352 |
| The Surface Fillet tool now generates more consistent results. New Theoretical and Build Theoretical Construction Type options have been added. ALS-14273 |
| Surface fillets now build correctly when Construction Type is set to Arc (Chord). Previous to Alias 2023.1 Update, the Construction Type Arc (Chord) was called Chord. ALS-16594 |
| Trim region cross-hairs are now larger and better positioned making them easier to see. They are also colored to indicate the selected trim region option. For example, the cross-hairs display blue for Keep, yellow for Divide, and red for Discard. This lets you easily identify the last trim region option you used when retrimming an untrimmed surface with Show Last Selectors on. ALS-8570 |
| Instances are now visible as expected when layer symmetry is toggled on. ALS-16622 |
| Resolved a crash related to moving a trim-divided region in some situations. ALS-16031 |
| Subdivision modeling |
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| The Subdiv Extrude tool now creates a smooth surface when extruding a rational circle (Rational Flag set for Curves in the Construction options). ALS-16136 |
| When you attempt to delete subdivision CVs that will result in non-manifold geometry, Alias now displays a confirm message indicating this, and therefore cannot be completed. ALS-15990, ALS-16038 |
| Subdivision objects now get trimmed as expected with 3D Trimming enabled. ALS-16545 |
| Visualization |
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| The Transparency value of the Diagnostic Shader now updates correctly when using the Set Visual Surface Orientation tool. ALS-15772 |
| Data Transfer |
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| Trimmed edges of a surface now get exported correctly to the .edf file format. ALS-16090 |
| Fixed an issue that caused curves in imported .dwg files to display incorrectly in some cases. ALS-15644 |
| Surface normal direction in CATIA V5 files no longer get inverted when imported into Alias. ALS-14965 |
| Diagnostic Shading now displays correctly on revolve, cone, and sphere geometry imported from CATIA V5 files. ALS-15720 |
| Alias no longer leaves a folder named translating in the target export directory. ALS-16101, ALS-14728 |
| Fixed an issue related to importing trimmed CATIA V 5 files. ALS-15038 |
| CATIA V5 export: Empty layers now get exported as expected when you enable Export Empty Layers. ALS-10712 |
| Tolerance values set by the CATIA V5 Construction Preset in the Construction Options are now respected when you roundtrip (export then import) a CATIA V5 file. Note that Curve Fit Distance Tolerance, Trim Curve Fit, and Topology Distance still use default values. ALS-16147 |
|Dynamo
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|Fixed an issue that caused trim surface data to be lost when a surface is sent to Dynamo. ALS-16076|
|Resolved a crash related to sending multiple surfaces to Dynamo. ALS-15792, ALS-15782|
|API
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|The AlSubdiv.h header file is now located in the Alias installation directory (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AliasAutoStudio2023.1\ODS\Common\include). ALS-15980|
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