Files and Directories
 
 
 

In the Alias directory, there is a directory called ODS (an abbreviation for Open Digital Studio):

Inside the directory are three directories relevant to the API:

Compiling code for either OpenModel or OpenAlias is straightforward and the process can easily be understood when reading the example Makefiles in:

c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias2012\ODS\OpenModel\examples or ODS\OpenAlias\examples (Windows).

/Applications/Autodesk/Alias2012/Alias.app/Contents/Resources/ODS/OpenModel/examples or ODS/OpenAlias/examples (Mac)

However below are detailed the important concepts.