April 18, 2024
This release of Alias introduces several new features, fixes, and improvements, and addresses many customer-reported crashes and issues.
New Features and Enhancements
Fixed Issues
Known Issues
New Features and Enhancements
For new features and enhancements in this release, see What's New in Alias 2025.
Fixed Issues
| Install and Licensing |
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| Fixed an issue that caused working offline with a USER ID License to work for Alias 2024 but fail for Alias 2023. ALS-26974 |
| Working offline with USER ID License for over 24 hours no longer causes Alias Import and Export translators to stop working. ALS-26912 |
| General |
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| Command Stepper (deprecated) has been removed from the online help. ALS-26198 |
| Rotating the view in Alias with a SpaceMouse now correctly respects the set POI. ALS-26902 |
| Plugins are now indicated with a "+" in the File menu. ALS-26853 |
| Help > What's This? now directs you to the correct page for the tool or function you select after activating it. ALS-26766 |
| Fixed an issue that caused Alias to crash when loading preferences that include deprecated tools. ALS-26496 |
| Double-clicking on the Windows menu to reopen the Object Lister no longer closes the Palette. ALS-26236 |
| You can export shelf icons with Alt + double-click. ALS-26083 |
Double-clicking a tool icon now opens tool windows as expected after they have been hidden by pressing Ctrl + Spacebar. ALS-26051 |
| You can now select and copy text from the prompt line again. ALS-25631, ALS-25925 |
| Fixed an issue where tool windows and listers would not remember positions on multiple monitors when switching Workspaces. ALS-25666 |
| Both Enter keys on the keyboard can now activate the Update button in the bottom right of the viewport. ALS-26638 |
| General Preferences > Miscellaneous: The Non-Proportional Scaling Box preference currently only applies to the Set Non-Proportional View tool, and has been distinguished from the Viewing preference settings. ALS-25517 |
| Resolved an issue that resulted in incorrect naming of newly created DAG nodes, including Alias group nodes. Previously, the first node created in the first stage was erroneously named "node#2". Now, the first node is correctly named as "node". ALS-27028 |
| Resolved an issue where the Save As window would randomly disappear during the file saving process. ALS-27629 |
| Tool groups in shelves now remember their last active tool in that group upon restart. ALS-27609 |
You can now export Construction Option presets using the new, Utilities > Export Construction Preset option, and then specify a local or network location using the ALIAS_CONSTR_PRESETS_LOCATION environment variable. For more information, see Set up site-wide construction presets. ALS-26581, ALS-26602 |
| UI |
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| Layer tabs are now displayed properly in the Layer Bar after copying objects from one stage to another. ALS-27157 |
| The Layer Bar scroll bar has been adjusted for easier use. ALS-26514 |
| Delete Null Nodes is back in the Object Lister menu. ALS-26512 |
| The palette now reopens with tabs exactly how they were left when closed. ALS-26498 |
| New layers now display on the Layer Bar immediately. ALS-26511 |
| The "Orthographic" label in the view window no longer persists when toggling perspective view with a hotkey. ALS-26314 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the Hotkey Help to not show when enabled and using the Subdiv Retopo tool. ALS-26290 |
| The section arrows in the Save As window are now oriented correctly. ALS-26287 |
| All plugins display with the default plugin icon for consistency. ALS-26238 |
| Radio buttons are now displayed consistently across all Alias tools and window sizes. ALS-26209 |
| Template objects are now indicated with a gray highlight in the Object Lister. ALS-25619 |
| Center Pivot tool: The three methods to determine the center pivot position have been renamed to CV Centroid, CV Bounding Box, and Geometry Bounding Box for better understanding. The exact bounding box method is now working for surfaces and curves. ALS-25512 |
| Shelf pullouts are now ordered depending on the direction of the pullout relative to the shelf. ALS-20756 |
| The position of the Surface Continuity locators and tangent and curvature errors no longer overlap. ALS-1522 |
| Adjusted the UI response to tool inputs so it is clearer when actions associated with the changes are initiated, in progress, and completed. ALS-26882 |
| Fixed an issue that caused the Next button in the Offset option window to be unavailable when an object is selected. ALS-26790 |
| The Information Window section now displays properly when it is closed and reopened. ALS-23883 |
| Export window no longer stays open after hitting Save. ALS-27123 |
| The Construction Options warning window is no longer clipped when the Font Size preference is set higher than 12. ALS-25165 |
| You can now rename a variant as expected by double-clicking it in the Variant Lister. ALS-26471 |
| Modeling |
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| Blend curves no longer generate unwanted flattening of the curve shape, which resulted in overall poorer curvature. The new behavior is now consistent with blend curves in Alias 2023.1 Update. ALS-20930 |
| When using the TransformCV tool to move CVs in PROJ mode, the transformation is now instantaneous and has no delay. ALS-27053 |
| Alias no longer crashes when using the Lattice Rig with meshes. ALS-27030 |
| The Duplicate Object tool now works as expected when working in combination with a construction plane. ALS-26674 |
| Layers are now retained correctly when copying between stages. ALS-26664 |
| The red outlines of the planes are now showing up in the Dynamic Section tool as expected. ALS-26838, ALS-27330 |
| Fixed an issue that caused Alias to drop changes made to the degree of aligned curves. ALS-26580 |
| The Information Window now shows the expected values of the Continuity locator. ALS-26552 |
| The Decay Degree option is no longer missing from the Align 2008 Control tool window. ALS-26538 |
| Fixed an issue where the Center Pivot option with CV Centroid would occasionally not center the pivot. ALS-26485 |
| Picking subdivision edges before beveling now produces the expected results. ALS-26486 |
| The point of interest no longer resets after deleting the object with the POI. ALS-26480, ALS-26435 |
| Transform CV with Step Size option now yields the expected results with mouse buttons. ALS-26469 |
| The pivot point of a Polyline is now placed at the start. The Arc line also now places the Pivot point at the start. ALS-26269 |
| A warning now appears when deleting a COS that has history from the intersect command. ALS-26244 |
| The Cross Section Control window now remembers the last used values for Axis Increment. ALS-26218 |
| The tool values of the Transform CV tool can now be saved when dragging it to a shelf. Each tool can have its own Falloff value. ALS-26198 |
| The Trim Convert selector can now be placed properly when Preferences > Selection Options > Select Through is enabled. ALS-26169 |
| The Align tool in Project mode no longer deletes unrelated construction history. ALS-26078 |
| Fixed an issue that caused a surface to be marked as having construction history when it does not have any. ALS-26062 |
| Replacing the input of the Rail tool variations with the History Visualizer now works as expected. ALS-26061 |
| Directly selecting a stage for deletion in the Stage Editor now works as expected. ALS-25948 |
| Surface Fillet tool: Fixed an issue that prevented the tool from trimming in a special case. ALS-26048 |
| A warning message now displays when reversing geometry normals on a surface that has construction history. ALS-27430 |
| Blend curves are now created as expected, and are consistent with versions 2023.1.1 and older. ALS-26791 |
| Trimming surfaces with unusual parameterization is now possible. ALS-25912 |
| Accelerated Surface: The Edge Align command now works as expected. ALS-25635 |
| Feature Modifier: The diagnostic shading and the hardware shading of the original surface are now passed to the result. ALS-25543 |
| In the Stage Editor, you can now click the stage name while renaming it to reposition the text cursor. ALS-25622 |
| Results of the Evaluate > Check Model tool are no longer lost after restoring the window. ALS-25620 |
| Reference Editor: Removed the refresh icon from the Alternatives section that caused Alias to crash when reopening the file. Users are now notified when opening affected files that the reference data is corrupted and therefore discarded, preserving the rest of the file data. ALS-26748 |
| Transform CV Prop Mod: The effect of the Falloff values at zero and 5 are working as expected, and the default value is set to 1. ALS-26723 |
| Transform CV > Prop Mod: Falloff values are now preserved correctly when saved to the preference profile, and switching to a Guest profile will switch to default values. ALS-24509 |
| The Checkpoints interval counter now resets as expected after a manual save. ALS-26582 |
| Flipping the geometric normals on a subdivision object no longer affects curve-on-surfaces. ALS-27415 |
| Reference Manager: Importing multiple files with the same name but different extensions no longer causes issues. ALS-27517 |
| Reference Manager: Using multiple .wire files (without .wrefs), deleting/removing a file during translation no longer causes Alias to crash. ALS-27594 |
| Alias no longer crashes when attempting to transform a mesh after using the Mesh Cut tool. ALS-27576 |
| Subdiv to Mesh tool: The maximum value for Subdivision Levels is now 6. Previously, it could be set to higher values, which caused Alias to crash. ALS-27570 |
| Object Lister: Fixed an issue that allowed non-subdivision objects to be dragged into a group of a subdivision object, and subdivision faces to be dragged out of their group structure. ALS-27495 |
| You can now adjust the default Steps for X, Y, and Z in the Cross Section Editor. ALS-27438 |
| Surface Offset tool: The prompt line now provides more detailed information when a trimmed surface cannot be offset. ALS-26157 |
| Trimming subdiv objects now works as expected when the geometric normals were inverted. ALS-25935 |
| Object Lister: The Pick Object tool now becomes the active tool as expected when you right-click a layer and select it from the context menu. ALS-27071 |
| Visualization |
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| Alias no longer crashes when using Replace Shaders by Name after importing an environment. ALS-26439 |
| Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Hardware Shade to render transparency incorrectly. ALS-27119, ALS-27095 |
| Diagnostic Shade no longer causes Alias to become stuck in a loop when changing colors. ALS-26730 |
| The Shader Lister has new buttons in the icon bar to easily filter All, Picked, and Unused shaders. ALS-26703 |
| The Shader Lister filter for Picked Objects now displays filtered objects and shaders correctly. ALS-26632 |
| Fixed an issue that caused Alias to crash when opening the Object Lister after using Replace Shaders by Name. ALS-26442 |
| Depth of Field (Camera Editor > Lens Properties > Depth of Field) now works as expected. ALS-26243, ALS-23931 |
| The Pick Objects option in the Shader Lister now works consistently. Only visible objects are picked when using Pick Objects. ALS-25912 |
| Shader previews in the Shader Lister and the Shader Library are now consistent. ALS-23699 |
| Fixed an issue that sometimes applied shaders unexpectedly when selecting surfaces. ALS-27049 |
| Diagnostic Shade: Removed duplicate XYZ buttons in the Isopho Shader Settings. ALS-26637 |
| All environments, including CountyRoad, now load correctly when you open a file or when they are dragged and dropped from the Shader Library into the Shader Lister. ALS-27123 |
| Shaders are no longer sensitive to case when being sorted by alphabetical order. ALS-27123 |
| The CountryRoad environment no longer displays black after double clicking it in the Shader Library to add it to the Shader Lister, and then double clicking it again in the Shader Lister. ALS-27407 |
| Fixed an issue that caused Hardware Shade to persist after opening a new file in the current stage. ALS-27224 |
| Performance |
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| Performance is no longer affected when working with the Information Window open. ALSO-4795 |
| Resolved several performance issues related to working with large data sets. ALS-26885 |
| Resolved performance issues associated with working on dense meshes imported from .stl files. ALS-23902 |
| Data Transfer |
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| You can now import .edf files into Alias as expected. ALSO-5182 |
| When importing .fbx files, Alias no longer converts texture repeat values as inversely proportional. ALS-23698 |
| JT meshes are scaled correctly when imported. ALS-17170 |
| Importing .fbx files with subdiv surfaces works as expected. ALS-23857, ALS-23785 |
AlToJt.bat is again available in the bin directory (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AliasAutoStudio2025\bin). ALS-27625 |
| Exporting to CATIA V5 with Export By Layer turned on no longer changes the layer order in the resulting file. ALS-25351 |
| Exporting surfaces with symmetry to CATIA V5, FBX or IGES no longer generates distorted results. ALS-26243 |
| Dynamo |
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| The copied Dynamo Object no longer loses construction history after Duplicate Layer and Contents is executed. ALS-26106 |
| Cancelling a selection for a Dynamo Player script now executes as expected and remembers its previous input. ALS-26070 |
| You can now use .png, .jpg, or .tiff images files as custom icons for Dynamo Player scripts. Note that in Alias 2025, the workflow for adding custom icons for scripts has changed. See Add your custom scripts to the Dynamo Toolbox. ALS-26523, ALS-26658 |
Known Issues
Alias may stop unexpectedly when attempting to undock a window with a stylus after having previously docked it with a mouse.
Workaround: Use the mouse to undock the window instead of the stylus.
When grouped as a tab, the Object Lister does not become the active window when you use its menu item or assigned hotkey to toggle it on.
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