Autodesk Alias Design - From the Beginning Lesson1 - Part 4

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  Autodesk Alias Design - From the Beginning Lesson1 - Part 4
  October 14, 2009, 01:10 PM Chris Hall

  This video covers creating a project directory structure in Autodesk Alias Design. By using a the proper directory structure your files are organized correctly and you are less likely to have missing file links as your project matures.
  
  
  
  

  User_data

  The user_data directory is created by Autodesk Alias Design and will be re-created if you delete it. If you store all your data in the user_data directory, then it will be easy to locate and organize using the Autodesk Alias Design file tools.

  However, you may want to store your data on a network server, or a memory stick. This is no problem, but it is advised that you create your own user_data directory and keep the project structure the same underneath.

  Project

  The idea of a Project is important because an AliasStudio model file may contain many different types of information, which reference each other, in particular images (pix) and geometry (wire).

  Wire Directory

  This is the directory you will use most of the time, and it is where you store your geometry files. However, a geometry file that is used for rendering or concept sketching will reference image files, which will be stored separately in the pix directory.

  Pix Directory

  The pix directory is where you will store images that you reference (texture files, sketches) AND images that you create (renderings).

   

  The Concept of a Current Project

  As you do more work in AliasStudio, you will have more and more projects. To make life easier for yourself, you can tell AliasStudio which one is your current project. This will then become the default for all your saving and filing. Most importantly though, it is where any crash files will be saved, so it is useful to know where to go and look for the saved data.

  Current Project and Image File References

  Another good reason for setting the Current Project is the pix directory of the current project will be the default location where AliasStudio looks for the image files.

  New Project

  The New Project button simply creates a directory with all the subdirectories. You will need to rename the project as it will be given the default name of ‘new_project’. 

  You can download the files used in Lesson 1 from this link:

  files/34701_34800/34701/file_34701.zip

  Here is a tip card for you to reference as you are learning also:

  files/34701_34800/34711/file_34711.pdf

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