Subject: User Feedback on Autodesk Alias User Interface Dear Autodesk Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share some user feedback regarding the user interface and functionality of Autodesk Alias, particularly in comparison to Autodesk Maya. As a user who interacts with these tools regularly, I've noticed several aspects that I believe could significantly enhance the user experience in Alias. Selection and Transformation Tools: Alias: Step 1. Initiating Selection Mode: Press Ctrl + Shift + Middle Mouse Button. Step 2. Navigating Through Menu: A menu will appear, requiring you to select the move button. Maya: Simple Selection: Press the "W" key. Final Note: Alias has too many steps and causes eye/brain strain in searching for the option. These tools are used thousands of time. Keeping a default like Maya will make Alias more user friendly and speedup the process. __________________________________________________________________________________ Unselecting Objects: Alias: Step 1. Unselecting Objects: Press Ctrl + Shift + Left Mouse Button. Step 2. Navigating Through Menu: A menu will appear, requiring you to select the “Pick Nothing”. Maya: Effortless Unselect: A single click in an empty space automatically unselects the currently chosen object. Final Note: Alias has too many steps and causes eye/brain strain in searching for the option. These tools are used thousands of time. Keeping a default like Maya will make Alias more user friendly and speedup the process. __________________________________________________________________________________ Camera Focus: Alias: Press Alt + L to focus the parts on screen. (Please note Alt and L are far apart on keyboard) Maya Press the "F" key to focus on a specific part. Final Note: In Alias, Alt and L are too far apart making it difficult. __________________________________________________________________________________ Pivot Adjustment: Alias: Press Ctrl + Shift + Middle Mouse Button for menu to appear, Select Move Pivot Press Ctrl + Alt + middle mouse button Hover on the curve/vertex Maya: Effortless Pivot Adjustment: Press "D" for pivot movement or press "V" to snap to a vertex, "C" to snap to a curve. __________________________________________________________________________________ Exiting Tools: Alias: Exiting Transformation Tools: No specific button; each click continues moving/rotating/scaling the part or continues to create sphere/cube etc. Maya: Tool Exit: Press the "Q" key to exit any tool. __________________________________________________________________________________ Manipulator and Axis Controls: Alias: Axis Controls: Remember to use the Left button for X-axis, Right button for Y-axis, and Middle button for Z-axis. Maya: Intuitive Manipulator: Click on any axis for translation. Additional Controls in Maya: Advanced Translation Lock: Press the middle mouse button and shift while moving the mouse to lock translation to a specific axis. Repeat for different axes. In each case, the steps in Alias appear more intricate, involving multiple actions compared to the more streamlined processes in Maya. __________________________________________________________________________________ Selection-Multiselection Alias: Always on multi-selection mode, if You need to deselect, each time you need to re-click the same part and click on the other part. No way to switch off multi-selection. Maya: Multi-selection Designer can simply press shift and do multiselect, or will be in default mode of single selection. Thanks Muhammad Khan
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