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Alias to Rhino Plugin

Digital Sculptors

Alias to Rhino Plugin

Digital Sculptors

Autodesk® Alias® Plugin to export Rhinoceros 3DM files.

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Alias to Rhino Plugin enables seamless transfer of most of the Autodesk® Alias® entities to Rhinocerous 3D 3DM format. Apart from the regular geometric entities, lights, shaders and numerous other entities are translated.

The following datasets are translated:

Surfaces, Shells, Curves, Meshes, Point Cloud, Lights (all types), Shaders, Layers, Instances, Groups.

Additionally, the following object modes are also support: Invisible objects in Alias stay invisible when exported to Rhino. Template objects in Alias translate as locked objects. If layer symmetry is turned on, the objects are mirrored across the symmetry plane in Rhino. Reference/Inactive layer is translated as Locked layer.

NOTE: LicenseManger will automatically pop up when the plugin is invoked for the first time. A trial subscription for 10 days can be activated by clicking on the "Trial Subscription" button. Internet Connection is required to enable trial subscription and to activate regular subscriptions.

Details

Operating system

win64-platform-icon

Release date

Aug 21, 2018


Last updated

Dec 4, 2025


Version

6.6.0


Language

English

Compatible with

ALAUST-icon

ALAUST

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

ALSCPT-icon

ALSCPT

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

SURFST-icon

SURFST

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Certifications

Digitally signed

Digitally signed

Capabilities

Sustainability

Data management

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Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Limitation: The default layer in Alias is called DefaultLayer and cannot be deleted or renamed.

  • Work Around: The translator will rename the layer to "_Default_" so that round trip transfers don't end up with multiple layers called "DefaultLayer".

Limitation: Some trimmed periodic/closed surfaces may not get trimmed properly.

  • Work Around: Please detach such surfaces into two before the transfer or convert them to shells, using SurfaceEdit->Stitch function.

Limitation: Some complex multi-level instances might not transfer properly.

  • Work Around: Please use Edit->Expand Instances to create real geometry before the transfer

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