Variant Lister Presentation export and Tubular Offset Tool improvements

[stefanrdv]

Variants Lister options: Presentation export

As an industrial designer I use Alias not only for the modelling but also to present the results thanks to the great Variants Lister and the option to set a delay between the switch from Variant to Variant. This creates a nice animation like presentation.

The downside of this is that one is bound to carrying a Laptop where Alias needs to be started and  a "heavy" WIre file opened, then the Variants Lister started and presented.

One improvement of this limitation is to incorporate a screengrab tool into Alias (like the is already one from Autodesk).

By choosing Image File Type, the active Variants Group is being played at the desired speed and a video screengrab of the active window is exported as a suitable video format.

Later that video can be saved to a mobile device and a presentation can be played/paused to better explain certain details during a presentation.

Would be perfect to have later a dedicated Autodesk Alias App for a mobile device, where all variants are seen as Thumbnails and a presentation is easier played/paused, or easier switched between variants.

Tubular Offset Tool improvement:

This would help to better define the length of a tubular offset.

Having as well a "Cap end" as option would help to create easier grooves from end to end.

 

What do you think about these suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,
Stefan