New in Autodesk Alias Design 2020 Build 312 (Jun 11, 2019)
- Fixed Issues:
- General:
- Lines no longer flicker when hardware anti-alias is set to 4x (WindowDisplay > Anti-Alias > Hardware Anti-Alias ). ALS-4642, ALS-5715
- Problems with Autodesk Desktop Analytics (ADP) have been fixed. The Autodesk Analytics Client Service no longer starts every few minutes. ADP no longer uses increasing amounts of memory. ALS-4663, ALS-5539
- When you paste to a new layer with the Always Ask option selected and by mistake enter an existing layer name, the copied objects are not pasted to that layer. Instead, a new layer is automatically created based on the name you entered. ALS-6059
- The pick chooser now displays properly on high resolution (4K) displays. ALS-3458
- Modeling:
- The Curve & COS Offset and Surface Offset tools now maintain continuity, even for trimmed surfaces. A Keep Continuity option was added to the Curve & COS Offset tool. ALS-1517, ALS-4294, ALS-5125, ALS-6187, ALS-6217
- The performance of the Offset tools has been significantly improved. ALS-6216
- You can now consistently turn off Control Panel > Curvature U and V display. ALS-1704
- We fixed a problem where snapping a CV to a hull snaps to the former selected hull when the right mouse button is set to unpick. ALS-2891
- We improved the performance of capturing pictures in the Variant Lister. Self Shadow can be used without affecting the speed. ALS-3874
- Surface Orientation (Visual and Geometric) now displays correctly when highlights are set to Accurate in Diagnostic Shade. ALS-4603, ALS-6772
- You can now skin symmetric curves with the Skin tool when Chain Select is not selected. ALS-5335, ALS-5409
- Alias no longer fails to trim when the curve tolerance is loose. ALS-5464
- Using Transform CV in NUV mode in the U direction on the endpoint CVs of a curve now works properly. ALS-5683
- Alias no longer crashes with Create History selected when you trim a selection created with the Array tool. ALS-6079
- We fixed a problem that cause Alias to crash when using the Mesh Offset tool. ALS-6207
- We fixed a problem that caused Alias to crash when using the Mesh Project Curve and Mesh Project Normal curves. ALS-6339
- We fixed a memory leak that caused an Out of memory error when working with surfaces created from mesh. ALS-6562
- Visualization:
- Merge Shaders now works with hidden objects. ALS-6188
- Environment mapping now has the same orientation in Alias as it does in VRED. ALS-6372
- Data Transfer:
- NX shelled geometry can now be shaded in Alias without first unstitching. ALS-1793
- Surfaces stitched in Alias now translate to NX cleanly. ALS-1805
- CATIA data now imports correctly. ALS-3878
- DXF files now import at the correct size and files exported to DXF can now be opened by other CAD systems without errors. ALS-4349
- The model tree structure no longer breaks when exporting to CATIA. ALS-4622
- Unexpected curves no longer appear in imported CATIA files. ALS-6038
- Layers with the same name are no longer merged automatically when importing multiple CATIA 5 files. If you want them merged, use the new Merge Layers option. ALS-6690
- We enhanced the built-in CATIA V5 exporter. ALS-6844
- Benefits include:
- Tighter tolerances for stitching
- Ability to export Annotations, Construction Planes, and (nested groups) to Catia (nested) Geometric sets
- Mapping of Alias Shaders to CATIA V5 materials
- To use the built-in CATIA V5 exporter rather than the default AlToC5.exe translator, set the environment variable ALIAS_CATIA5_EXPORT_ATF to any value.
- Note that with the enhanced functionality, performance may not be as good as with the default translator.
- Dynamo:
- Dynamo 3D view has been fixed. You no longer need to install DirectX separately. ALS-4783
- Known Issues:
- Shared Views:
- Shared Views does not work on Windows 7. ALS-6619
- Windows 7 disables the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 and 1.2 which are required for Shared Views.
- Workaround: Install this Windows update package on top of SP1.
- Set the following registry entries (for details, see registry entries):
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSecurityProvidersSCHANNELProtocolsTLS 1.1Client] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSecurityProvidersSCHANNELProtocolsTLS 1.1Server] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSecurityProvidersSCHANNELProtocolsTLS 1.2Client] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSecurityProvidersSCHANNELProtocolsTLS 1.2Server] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000
- Licensing:
- The introduction of Clic V2 (version 2 of the Autodesk license system) created a dependency on Internet Explorer 10.0 or higher. ALS-6201
- During the first startup after Alias installation, the licensing framework opens a Let’s Get Started dialog that is dependent on IE 10+. If IE 10+ is not present on the system then an error dialog displays and you cannot proceed.
- In North America most Windows machines have IE installed so this will not be an issue, but in Europe this is not necessarily the case.
- Workaround: If your site creates a deployment then only the IT person creating the deployment will have this issue (and only they will need IE10+ installed). After that, no one will see the Let's Get Started or error dialog if Alias is installed this way.
- If the IT person cannot install IE10+, you can use a software deployment that includes the proper licensing set-up for all users. See To begin the software deployment process for information on using software deployment. Alias can then be installed on each seat using the software deployment.