Describes typical workflows using bookmarks.
Bookmarks in Alias are typically used for one of the following two purposes:
- Exploring design ideas.
- Reviewing a completed design.
In the first workflow, the user is likely a designer exploring different concepts for a design. He/she wants to be able to
sketch on top of a model then save the different sketches (including orientation and shading) as a series of bookmarks that
can be quickly viewed later. For example, a car designer may be experimenting with different looks for some components on
the front panel of a car (see workflow A below).
In the second workflow, a designer or manager wants to review a completed design and indicate areas that require modification,
or simply add some comments.
Both workflows are described in detail below.
A. Using sketch tools and bookmarks to explore design ideas.
- Choose File > Open to open your model in Alias.
- Adjust the view to your liking by tumbling, dollying or tracking.
- Choose WindowDisplay > Hardware Shade to shade the model or choose one of the shading modes in the Panel.
- Choose Windows > Bookmark Lister to open the .
- Choose Canvas > New Overlay Canvas to create a new overlay canvas in the Perspective window.
- Choose Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor to open the .
- Choose a Pencil, Marker, Airbrush or other tool from the menu. With the mouse or stylus, sketch on top of the model in the view. Draw some feature lines and other characteristics that will help develop the model further.
Let’s say you now want to explore two different alternatives for the front detailing, but want to show both with the general
features you sketched in the previous step.
- In the , rename the existing layer “General Features”.
- Choose in the to create a new layer. Rename it “Front_A”.
- Sketch the first version of the front detailing in the view.
- In the , make the Front_A layer invisible by clicking its icon so that it becomes a icon.
- Choose in the to create a new layer. Rename it “Front_B”.
- Sketch the second version of the front detailing in the view.
- Click the button in the .
A new bookmark is created, containing the general features and second version of the front detailing.
- In the , make the Front_A layer visible by clicking its icon, and make the Front_B layer invisible by clicking its icon.
- Click the button in the .
A new bookmark is created, containing the general features and first version of the front detailing.
By now you should have two bookmarks showing the same view of your car model with different sets of front detailing.
B. Using sketch tools and bookmarks to review a completed design.
- Choose File > Open to open your model in Alias.
- Adjust the view to your liking by tumbling, dollying or tracking.
- Choose WindowDisplay > Hardware Shade to shade the model or choose one of the shading modes in the Panel.
- Choose Windows > Bookmark Lister to open the .
- Choose Canvas > New Overlay Canvas to create an overlay in the view.
- Choose a Pencil, Marker, Airbrush or other tool from the menu. With the mouse or stylus, sketch on top of the model in the view. Write some comments, mark areas that require modifications, etc
- Click the button in the .
A new bookmark is created that captures the camera position, shading information and annotations.
- Change your view of the model by tumbling, etc
All sketching is removed.
- Choose Canvas > New Overlay Canvas to create an overlay canvas in the new view.
- Add comments, and so on, to the new view with some tools.
- Click the button in the to create another bookmark.
- Repeat steps 8 to 11 until your model is fully annotated with design feedback.
- Review the different annotated views by cycling through the bookmarks using the and buttons in the .