This section contains a list of tips related to the Alias data transfer workflows that will ease some tasks and increase your efficiency.
| Stitching surfaces often improves data export through IGES, STEP and STL/SLC. |
| Save the original model before stitching. |
| Set up your units and tolerances at the beginning of your modeling session and save them as a preset in Preferences > Construction Options. The next time Alias is opened, those presets will be in effect. |
| In Preferences > Construction Options, you cannot edit the presets of the CAD packages in the list directly. Select the name of the CAD package and click Copy to create a new profile you can edit. |
| Do not set the Curve Fit Distance tolerance in Alias to a value smaller than 0.001 mm. A lower value will impact processing time. |
| The Maximum Gap Distance is the value that is used to check if the adjacent boundaries are built closely enough to each other. It should never be smaller than the Curve Fit Distance. |
| If you want to change the geometry of the Alias model in Illustrator, export the model as a Post Script file from Alias. Open this file in Illustrator to manipulate the polygons. |
