https://www.coolgrey5.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-05-03 https://www.coolgrey5.com/blog/5-tips-to-speed-up-your-alias-workflow monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/a269a4b2-931c-49ac-8343-fe98ec30e8e5/Screenshot+2024-05-03+120849.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 3: In a side orthographic view, we can now see exactly where the curve inflects. Select all the CVs except the first and last of the belt line curve and snap them down in Z to the grid (Move tool >Alt+right click). The curve is now completely flat along its length but still maintains its shape in other views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/69e7445d-c7a1-455a-ba02-e86bfdf7edb0/Screenshot+2024-02-12+185404.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 2: Step 2: Trim the original square as the outside and the offset as the inside shape, apply different shaders to see the effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/7e45d74b-406a-4ec4-86f1-850307829892/Screenshot+2024-02-12+191709.jpg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 4: We can return to our curve control and adjust the draft surfaces by moving the control vertices to obtain the desired shape. As the construction history updates, the drafts will move and pull the blends while maintaining the original side view shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/0993a57e-1208-4132-9554-e4c7a5a24e6e/Screenshot+2024-05-03+115442.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 2: To fix this, start by snapping a simple keypoint curve to the first and last CVs (1). Then, using the perpendicular curve tool, draw a line from the centre of the keypoint curve out to the beltline curve (2). This sets up the axis for a construction plane. Snap it to the centre point (3), then use the green rotate ball to snap to the end of the perpendicular curve and the red rotate ball to snap to one end of the keypoint curve. Now set the construction plane to be active. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/d2bfa136-026e-4a61-a417-430d719beefe/Screenshot+2024-02-12+185258.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 1: Step 1: In this example i’ll use a simple square, offset it 0mm - make sure to use offset mode original to keep the same cv layout - then project your graphic onto both the square and the offset at the same time, in this case just a straight down project-curve-on surface of a circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/eb42a882-0b4f-465d-8344-ab3ce7430fdc/Screenshot+2024-05-03+121706.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 4: We can now see a significant improvement in our curve. By adding a blend to the surfaces, we achieved clean and consistent highlights. This technique is effective for curves of any size and can greatly enhance a design's sharpness and quality impression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/b8640a2a-557c-4c41-bf4c-377c4b15e47f/Screenshot+2024-02-12+191113.jpg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 2: To create the Curves-Projected-On-Surface, I project the inner curves onto the first surface from a side orthographic view. These curves are different from a curve-on surface because they're actual NURB/Bezier curves that sit on the surface and maintain the history of the original projecting curve and the surface they sit on. To preserve the original curves' parameterisation and structure, check the "Original" box. Repeat these steps for the other curves and offset surfaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/1714037138268-Z614V3ZQVFY9ZMDE5G1M/image-asset.jpeg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/8db15f4c-5557-43e7-8ec8-3c6d0a6c80db/Screenshot+2024-02-12+185709.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 3: You can move the original square around using its original construction curves, and the graphic will follow suit. While Trim Divide may achieve the same result, it will delete the original history, and if you move one, the other won't follow. Additionally, this method works across multiple surfaces in precisely the same way, but the offset is a separate group, making it much easier to identify later on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/45b28f37-cbce-4281-ae22-e20fb0d640ab/Screenshot+2024-02-12+191542.jpg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step: 3 Construction surfaces can now be templated and hidden. (We still need them for their history, but we don’t need to see them) The Freeform blend tool can be used to add simple surfaces between curves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/7ff973ca-9efd-430c-9a08-0541186ebef3/Screenshot+2024-05-02+132225.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 1: Step 1: To create a simple roof surface, add two curves that intersect with the Y0 axis. These curves represent the roof's leading and trailing edges. Use the symmetrical modelling tool to ensure symmetry. Then, add a simple Deg3 curve that joins one end of the symmetrical curves. This will help complete the roof surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/bc673c42-8939-4074-9e2b-2a6225c674a4/Screenshot+2024-05-02+172831.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 3: To create a square, start by using the four curves. Afterwards, you can move the control vertices (CVs) to adjust the shape of the square. As long as you keep the two corner points of the original curves connected, the square will remain symmetrical across Y0 and update automatically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/736f1d7a-7e45-4d84-9f4d-833198be8f67/Screenshot+2024-05-02+172254.jpg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 2: Pick the degree 3 curve and set its pivot to Y0. Then, open the duplicate options box, set the Y scaling to -1 (this will mirror the curve about Y0), and check the create instance box. This will create a mirror of the curve that will match any changes you make to the original. Note: Alias will only show CVs on the original curve but will highlight both curves as selected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/e8ea7de2-9e21-42c5-9123-1e53868decb5/Screenshot+2024-05-03+114936.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 1: This is a simple example of a typical exterior body-side/beltline setup. With the curvature comb on, you can see just how wobbly it is. When a blend is applied, there will be flat spots and inconsistencies in the highlights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/570e7889-f708-4fc0-8c13-1690f056a6c0/Screenshot+2024-02-12+190912.jpg Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 1: In this example, I have created a standard set of curves for a wheel arch and a vertical draft surface positioned approximately where I want the arch to be. I have offset the arch a couple of times to give it some depth. The surface is flat and controlled by a single curve on its top edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6579bea65ca63347aa0c3743/5a39ffc2-a9c8-466c-a98b-9a2212ddb147/Screenshot+2024-05-03+121158.png Tips and tricks to help your daily workflows with concept and production models - 5 tips to speed up your Alias workflow. - Step 4: To achieve a clean curve, move to a top orthographic view and adjust the CVs in the X and Y directions only. This will keep the curve flat in side view, making it easier to control. 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