Aliases in OS X are NOT symlinks. That is to say Aliases are like they used to be in OS 9 and under (and like windows), they are a file that the finder reads and resolves. That said, symlinks DO work in OS X, and they actually work better than proper aliases because they are NOT files they are navigable via the command line (since aliases are files, you can't "cd" into them...). Anything that uses the OS toolkits to access directories *should* (unless they work on a UNIX level instead of a mac level) be able to resolve aliases naturally (such as open/save file dialogs, etc.). However if something is using a sneaky method and approaching it from the UNIX end of the OS (such as through "system" calls) expect to run into problems.
I don't know how to create an alias (it's probably deep in the toolkit somewhere and I seriously doubt bmax has any inbuilt support, though there *might* be a module that could do it...). Personally I would go with the ln via system approach to save time and sanity of trying to get something else working.
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