General limitations

Limitations related to user interface, plotting, graphics, plug-in, and documentation.

General

Specifying a Horizontal or Vertical Aspect Ratio Fit in the Camera Editor corrupts camera controls in the Perspective Window titlebar.

Workaround: use Ctrl+Alt key modifiers for camera navigation when Horizontal or Vertical Aspect Ratio Fit options are used.

If you try moving an image plane or image layer in a camera that has had its position reversed (for example, from 0, 0, 100 to 0, 0, -100) the image plane will move in the opposite direction that you drag the mouse.

Type in the values that you want to move the image plane or image layer by, or restart AliasStudio after reversing the camera position.

Isoangle attributes used in diagnostic shading (such as the position of lights, etc.) cannot be saved with bookmarks.

UV values entered via the Promptline when building Gridded surfaces (Palette > Point Clouds > Surfaces > Gridded) is not working correctly.

To resolve this problem, when entering UV values from promptline, enter additional values for each U and V parameter e.g. for a 2x2 patch, enter 22x22.

If you have created a new project by extracting a zip file of the AliasStudio project folders into your user_data folder, the files become Write Locked. Viewing the contents using the AliasStudio browser is not permitted and you are unable to store anything in that project.

We have fixed some problems with AliasStudio and language/keyboard layout settings.

We cache the active keyboard at when AliasStudio is launched and lock it in. We prevent switching inside/during a studio session.

The currently active layout, as specifed on the language toolbar (normally the default language and layout specified by the user), is used. If it is Japanese or another language, and the keyboard matches the language toolbar setting, that keyboard layout is the active one for the entire AliasStudio session.

To change the layout, quit AliasStudio, change the default layout/language in the language toolbar, make that new default layout active and restart AliasStudio. AliasStudio will now use only that new language/layout for the duration of the studio session. Hotkeys, such as alt-shift will not allow the keyboard-layout/language settings to be changed for the AliasStudio session (and just the AliasStudio session; other applications and the OS are unaffected).

If you move a construction or canvas plane (Transform > Move

) then undo the transformation (Edit > Undo

), subsequent move operations will cause the plane to snap back to the position it had after the original transformation.

Creating new projects for AliasStudio from outside the application may result in permission errors, where the contents of the folder may be non-writeable when using the Studio browser. To ensure correct, read-and-writeable directories and files, always use the AliasStudio browser to create new projects.

When you click the middle mouse button, a small circular icon with arrows on it (like a play button) may appear, and the middle mouse button will freeze.

Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse and turn off the Auto Scroll option.

AliasStudio will not save files named prn. This is a common problem in some Windows applications.

User interface

Loading more than one language (through Regional Options on the Control Panel) may interfere with the mapping of some keys on your keyboard which are used by AliasStudio for certain functions (e.g. Alt-Shift + left mouse button to tumble).

If you customize one of the Preferences > Menus so that Preferences > Interface > Hotkeys/Menus

is not displayed, then you will not be able to edit the menus while in that mode.

For example, the following characters when used with the Ctrl key do not work correctly: /, ", |, }, {, +, .

Function key F10 can't be used as a hot key on Windows since this is a Windows reserved key.

Printing and plotting

Transparent regions (for example, transparent backgrounds) of sketch images created in AliasStudio will print black, although the print preview does not indicate this.In order for the sketch to print correctly, the canvas must be normal to the camera, and the file must be printed on a PostScript 3 printer.

Do not sketch while the File > Print preview window is open. Sketches will not update correctly or may become altered.

When you have more than one perspective view in the Print Preview window, the overall display may be incorrect.

Plug-ins

In the directory $ALIAS_LOCATION/ODS/, there are a number of pre-compiled plug-ins and source code examples. These plug-ins and source code examples are provided to you on an "AS-IS" basis.

You are free to make use of these plug-ins and source code example; however Autodesk does not provide any support in connection with them.

Autodesk makes no warranties, express, implied, or arising by custom or trade usage, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, specifically disclaims any implied warranties of title, noninfringement or of fitness for a particular purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) Autodesk's liability in contract, tort or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the plug-ins or source code shall not exceed the purchase price paid by the customer for the plug-ins or source code examples, and (ii) in no event shall Autodesk be liable for any punitive damages or lost profits or other special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including any damages resulting from loss of business arising out of or in connection with the performance of the plug-ins or source code examples, even if Autodesk has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The customer shall indemnify Autodesk and hold it harmless from and against any loss, claim or damage to any person arising out of the customer's use of the plug-ins or source code examples.