Autodesk
® Alias
® AutoStudio 2017
Autodesk
® Alias
® Design 2017
Autodesk
® Alias
® Surface 2017
Service Pack 1
July 11, 2016
Release Notes - Autodesk Alias 2017 SP1 Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, this Service Pack 1 for Autodesk® Alias 2017 fixes or addresses a variety of issues.
User Interface
- The title bar of the General Preferences window on Mac OS cannot be found. (399663)
- Alias windows may go into an unusable state when Auto Hide is used. (400769)
- In the Layers menu, Random Colors should not be available when Layers are toggled off. (401006)
Modeling
- Surface Fillet fails to create a fillet on multiple surfaces. (ALS-1320)
- Canvas manipulators do not display when resizing the canvas. (401720)
- The visibility behavior is incorrect in the layer folder. (ALS-1338)
- Multi-Surface Draft fails the required draft angle when chain select is used. (ALS-1333)
- The Transform manipulator doesn't update when you reset the location of the pivot. (ALS-1354)
- The Radius locator value is different than what it is in the Information Window. (401068)
- Display Layout affects the Move functionality of arrow keys. (401935)
- The Symmetric Modeling tool selects all surfaces in a group. (392621)
- Surface Fillet fails to generate surfaces when Edge Align is selected. (402027)
- Offset options do not appear when using Query Edit. (401232)
- Shift-Alt right-clicking a locked POI causes the mouse to behave unexpectedly. (401890)
- Clicking the Undo All button in the Panel Gap control window causes Alias to crash. (ALS-1425)
- Alias may crash when trimming revolved surfaces. (407952)
Shading
- Changing the vector direction of the Isoangle Diagnostic Shader does not affect all surfaces. (401995)
- Dropping layers on a color swatch prevents selection of other layers. (401907)
- Variants lose group assignments when variant groups are renamed. (401821)
- Alias crashes when using a Diagnostic Shader and changing the Categories. (ALS-1349)
Data Transfer
- Data is missing from imported digitized IGES scan line files. (401432)
- Geometry assigned to an invisible layer cannot be exported as a CATPart. (ALS-1328)
- STEP Import: Layer assignments are lost during round trip. (401619)
- Exporting Alias to NX adds more spans. (ATF-2126)
- Catia output-feature curves are not converted in Alias 2017. (ATF-2197)
- Some Catia V5 files fail to import. (ATF-3163, ATF-2738)
- Performance is slower in Alias 2017 when importing NX, IGES, and Catia V5 files. (ATF-2235, ATF-2236, ATF-2211)
- On Mac OS, Maya 2016 cannot launch when it is installed on its own from Alias AutoStudio Suite. (401918)
- In some cases, Alias may crash when loading specific preferences and workspaces. (401931)
- Alias 2015 wire files saved with symmetry are not recognized by Alias 2016. (400830)
- Undo extend on a trimmed surface works on some edges only. (ALS-1623)
- Profile Tool: Alias crashes when you snap the end range to a specific point on a Profile surface. (ALS-1332)
- EDF export from Alias changes non-periodic Bezier COS to periodic, joined NURBS COS. (401271)
- Using the Multi-Surface Draft tool with the Bezier Surfaces option selected creates many surfaces. (ALS-1611)
- Normals are flipped on Alias geometries in a symmetry layer when the wire file is opened in VRED. (ALS-1348)
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