Help menu

If you do not have regular access to the Internet, you can also download a version of the help. Copy the help files locally or on an network location, then set your preferences so that the Help > Alias Help command opens the downloaded help instead of the Alias Online Help (for example https://help.autodesk.com/view/ALIAS/2024/ENU/).

Download the Alias Offline Help here.

As you begin typing, the Tool Locator window automatically populates with results based on your query, narrowing the search as you type more of the tool name. Select the tool icon or menu item from the Tool Locator to activate that tool or open the menu item.

See the highlights of What's New in this version of Alias, and click the Learn More button for additional information on each topic in the online help.

Learn essential skills by watching the tutorial videos in the Essential Skills section, and click the Learn More button to visit the online help page for more details. You can also watch the videos online with subtitles by clicking the Watch Online links.

You can create a new empty wire file or open an existing one directly from the onboarding window. Click the arrow next to the Open button, then select Open Examples... to try working with an example file. Click Recent to quickly access to your recent files. Display them in list view for file details or switch to grid view to see larger file previews, and select a file to continue working where you left off.

The Application Home can also be opened by clicking the Home icon in the top left corner.

Dynamo Toolbox

For more information, see Dynamo Player sample scripts.

Dynamo Player Help

For more information, see About Dynamo Player.

Dynamo For Alias

For more information, see About Alias-Dynamo.

Dynamo Help

Dynamo Primer

Alias Sample Files

From this page, you can search the Knowledge base, participate in discussion forums, access FAQs (frequently asked questions) and tutorials, and contact Customer Support.

What’s New

What's New Shelf

What's New Highlights

To show the online help for a specific tool or menu item, choose Help > What’s This?, then click the tool or menu item you want help with.

Camera move keys

Hold Shift + Alt:

To...	Drag
Tumble (in the perspective view)
Track
Dolly

Marking menus

Hold Shift + Ctrl and press one of the mouse buttons.

Ctrl + Shift +

Ctrl + Shift +

Ctrl + Shift +

Picking

To...	Click or drag
Toggle between picked and unpicked
Pick only
Unpick

Transforms

To transform in...	Click or drag
X
Y
Z

Move, scale, rotate, or flip

Snap to...	Hold	Or click
Curves, isoparametric curves, surface edges, or curves-on-surface.	Ctrl + Alt
Grid intersections.	Alt/p>
CVs, edit points, pivot points, locators.	Ctrl

Snapping

Tip: Use the to snap only in the horizontal direction. Use the to snap only in the vertical direction.

Hotkeys

These are the default settings.

Related pages

• Hotkeys
• Marking menus
• Snapping and Pivots

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