About this Manual

What's New in Alias describes the new and improved features for Version 9.0.

The other books in this release are:

Animating in Alias: Includes information to help you create a basic animation, manage your animation workflow, build skeletons, bring creatures to life using Inverse Kinematics, produce particles and special effects, and deform time using time warps.

Basic Tools in Alias: General tools that you'll use throughout modeling, animating, or rendering workflows.

Data Transfer for CAD and Solid Imaging: Explains how to exchange 3D model data between Alias and CAD packages.

EvalViewer: A user's guide for EvalViewer, which is a stand-alone utility for industrial design that works as both a cloud data tool and a surface evaluation tool.

Games Data Transfer in Alias explains how to translate Alias files to games platforms such as Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Saturn.

Global Index: Covers all the books, enabling you to find information quickly.

Learning Alias: A thorough course in learning how to use the Alias design and animation software.

NURBS Modeling in Alias: Tools to create and modify NURBS curves and surfaces, as well as construction and evaluation tools.

Polygonal Modeling in Alias: Tools to create and modify polygons and polysets.

Release Notes and Installation: Full installation procedures and software notes.

Rendering in Alias: Tools to define the look of your scene, create special effects, define how the scene will render, and create final rendered images and animations.

Select Help > Online docs from the Alias interface to access the following additional online information:

• Alias Stand-alone Utilities Guide

• Complementary Applications

• OpenAlias/OpenModel Application Programmer's Interface

• File Formats and Data Transfer

• Alias Scene Description Language Programmer's Interface

• Alias OpenRender

• GameExport Application Programmer's Interface