Industrial design and Class-A surfacing software for concept sketching, 3D modeling, and the reflection-quality surfaces used on car bodies and consumer products, from first sketch through production-ready geometry.
Alias takes a design from rough concept through Class-A surfacing in one pipeline, so stylists, modelers, and engineering can work from the same data instead of rebuilding it at every handoff.
Sketch and build subdivisional models tailored for product and automotive design, so early concepts hold their form as they develop.
Refine concept geometry into technical surfaces with full construction history, at the quality level automotive and consumer product exteriors require.
Build clean surfaces from scanned point cloud or mesh data automatically, instead of rebuilding scanned geometry by hand.
Generate production-quality, repeatable patterns from algorithm-based rules, and iterate a design direction without remodeling it each time.
Review and adjust curve, surface, and subdivisional models in VR, at full scale, before a surface goes to production.
Alias and non-Alias modelers reference the same assembly and manage design review through Flow Production Tracking, without exporting between tools.
| Best for | Industrial design, automotive styling, and Class-A surfacing from concept through production |
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| Platforms | Windows 10 and Windows 11 desktop |
| Included | Alias Concept, Alias Surface, or Alias AutoStudio, with VR design and computational design tools |
| File format | Native .wire (NURBS), with STL, OBJ, and major CAD format import/export |
| Licensing | Annual or multi-year subscription, single-user or flex tokens |
| From DSI | Deployment help, certified training, and local technical support included |
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Alias is industrial design and Class-A surfacing software, used for concept sketching, 3D modeling, and the reflection-quality surfacing behind automotive bodies and consumer product exteriors. It is a styling and surfacing tool, not an engineering-analysis package.
Alias Concept covers sketching, fast concept modeling, and visualization. Alias Surface adds the tools to refine those concepts into Class-A production surfaces. Alias AutoStudio covers the full pipeline, concept through production surfacing, in one license.
No. Alias is a styling and surfacing tool for the design phase, working in NURBS and subdivisional geometry. AutoCAD and Inventor handle drafting, documentation, and mechanical design once a surface is production-ready.
Alias saves natively to .wire, a NURBS-based format, and imports and exports STL, OBJ, and the major CAD formats used by downstream engineering and manufacturing teams.
No. Alias runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11 desktop only. If your studio is mixed-platform, plan Alias seats for Windows machines.
Talk to a DSI specialist about Alias licensing, bundles, and training built around how your team works.