Automatic Refinement in the Next Generation HyperWorks
Use the tool to refine elements as quads based on a given refinement size.
Tips & Tricks
HyperWorks Next Generation – Find and Fill Cavities
Find and Fill Cavities: Use the Plug tool to find and fill cavities. The Plug tool can also be used to remove protrusions, holes, and complex features.
Tips & Tricks
HyperWorks Next Generation – Remove Small Features
Defeature – Small Features tool: The Small Features tool finds and deletes small solids and deletes or suppresses sliver surfaces. The Small Features tool is available within the Defeature tool.
Tips & Tricks
HyperWorks Next Generation – Replicate Mesh
Replicate Mesh - Use the tool to replicate a mesh from one location to another, with options to keep the original mesh, as well as to replicate into multiple copies. The replicated elements replace the original elements, maintaining relevant information like properties, thicknesses, and other solver attributes.
Tips & Tricks
HyperWorks Next Generation – Tools Finder
The purpose of this tool is to help you find tools that you used in Legacy HyperMesh by selecting the menu or panel from the classic interface to be shown the location in the new HyperWorks interface.
Tips & Tricks
Altair Inspire Cast – Filters for Gravity Casting
Filter is one of the crucial components of filling system in Castings used for multiple purpose as:
• Maintain metal flow at gate.
• Avoid turbulent behavior of liquid metal during filling.
• Retain impurities, foam and slag from the metal.
• To avoid sudden impact of metal in the cavity due to head height.
Tips & Tricks
Altair Radioss – Automatic Dynamic Relaxation
Automatic dynamic relaxation in Radioss.
Tips & Tricks
Altair OptiStruct – Viscoelastic Material
The behavior of Viscoelastic materials is intermediate between the idealized behavior of elastic solids and viscous liquids. The time domain Viscoelastic material in OptiStruct is represented by the generalized Maxwell model and is defined by a Prony series expansion.
Tips & Tricks
Altair OptiStruct – Creep Material
Creep is the permanent time dependent deformation occurring in structures, can be defined using MATVP bulk card entry. It is based on power-law model and can be used in its ‘time hardening’ form or in the corresponding ‘strain hardening’ form.
Tips & Tricks
Altair OptiStruct – Manufacturing Constraints Support for Multiple-Material Topology Optimization
All manufacturing constraints are supported for Multiple Materials Topology optimization (MMAT) from v2019.1.Different manufacturing constraints could be applied to different candidate materials in the same design domain. The original material defined by property will not be taken as candidate material by default. OptiStruct will error out if there is only one candidate material defined for the same design domain in MMAT.The element density result is available for all candidate materials in v2019.1.
Tips & Tricks
Optimization of Material Properties Workflow and Materials Selection in CAE
As the leading provider of materials reference data Key to Metals AG will present the key aspects of how the Total Materia database can support and improve the accuracy of simulation results whilst reducing cost, optimizing material usage and eliminating a large amount of risk that can be attributed to poor decisions around materials. Through the APA version to Total Materia, users can see a practical demonstration of the software.
Webinars
Webinar: Lead-Time Reduction at Renault with Altair SimSolid
Renault presents how they've adopted SimSolid to significantly speed up design time and gain deep design insights upfront in the design process.
Find out how SimSolid is used to run multiple structural simulation iterations directly on their CAD geometry in minutes with amazing accuracy.
Webinars
Multidisciplinary Workflow to Assess Modal Fatigue Results of a 4-Cylinder Crankshaft Using AVL EXCITE, OptiStruct and FEMFAT
The crankshaft of an engine is a highly dynamically loaded component that is continuously optimized and optimized in terms of design and production technology. In order to be able to reproduce this in the simulation, the essential influences must be considered. This includes the dynamically behaviour in combination with the engine, the material properties and the application of the loads and their transfer to other parts (bearings).
The modal approach has established itself as a proven method here, whereby a modal basis is determined in the FEM so that the crankshaft is integrated as a flexible body in the MKS model of the engine, and so that an entire engine run-up can be simulated. The modal participation factors are obtained from the MBS simulation, which are used together with the modal stresses for the safety factor calculation.
This workflow requires the combination of different simulation tools. The challenge is to organize the data transfer between the tools efficient and correct. In this example, the workflow is realized using OptiStruct from Altair for FEM calculation, EXCITE from AVL as MKS tool and FEMFAT from Magna Powertrain ECS as Fatigue solver.
This makes it possible to simulate a complex engine run-up with consideration of the ignition bearing forces and to calculate the fatigue life of the crankshaft in FEMFAT.
This webinar, details of the simulation workflow of the 4-cylinder crankshaft will be presented and the effects of several influencing variables on the fatigue life will be studied.
Webinars
Greenwich Associates on Improving Trading Performance
Greenwich Associates explores how electronic and high frequency trading firms can improve the performance of their trading operations using a new generation of stream processing and real-time data visualization tools.
eBooks
Introducing Altair EDEM
Altair's acquisition of DEM Solutions allows customers to design and develop power machinery while simultaneously optimizing how this equipment processes and handles bulk materials. EDEM's Discrete Element Method tool interfaces with Altair's leading physics applications to extend companies ability to simulate complex products as systems-of-systems.
With EDEM, users will be able to simulate the interaction between materials such as pellets, tablets, powders, coal, soil, and rocks with machinery. Combining DEM with Altair's applications for model-based development, structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and multi-body dynamics gives users unparalleled insight into the performance of their complex products in use.
Webinars
Simulation of Cavitating Flows and Gas Bubble Transport with DSHplus
The occurrence of cavitation negatively affects the performance of hydraulic systems. The impairments range from increased noise levels to severe and life-limiting wear of machine parts. Cavitation in hydraulic systems can be prevented by early integration of one-dimensional fluid power simulation software into the design process.
In this webinar, FLUIDON’s piping expert “RohrLEx” explains how cavitating flows can be simulated with the updated component models of DSHplus. The improved models enable the user to analyze all relevant types of cavitation – vapor cavitation, gas cavitation and pseudo-cavitation – as well as the associated phenomenon of gas bubble transport.
To illustrate the workflow when simulating a cavitation-endangered and/or gas conveying system with DSHplus, two exemplary cases are presented and discussed.
Webinars
Pharmaceutical Sieve Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Predict the sorting efficiency of sieve equipment based on simultaneously processing two different pill shapes. Compare different sieve designs. Predict realistic forces and stresses in the equipment during operation.
Combine multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ with bulk material models from EDEM™.
Demo Models
Optimize Execution Quality using Cloud Data, Python and Streaming Analytics
This webinar will consider new approaches to the old problems of optimized execution, the role of new technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) in improvement, and how to implement and integrate tools and technologies to build an efficient and cost-effective technology stack.
Webinars
PBS Works Documentation
Documentation for PBS Works Products, including Release Notes, Programmer's Guides, User's Guides, and Administrator's Guides
Documentation
Grab Bucket Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Ensure this grab bucket performs as expected when working with different bulk materials. Improve durability of equipment components by reducing hotspots / stress concentrations.
Combine multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ with bulk material models from EDEM™.
Demo Models
Tractor Rake Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Easily assess the gathering efficiency of a tractor liner rake system. Predict realistic loads acting on equipment from handling the bulk material.
Combine multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ with bulk material models from EDEM™.
Demo Models
Mars Rover Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Reduce the weight of a planetary rover vehicle, while ensuring desired performance when traversing different terrains (i.e., controlling motors to avoid tire slip when operating in different soil conditions).
Combine multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ with bulk material models from EDEM™. Optimize component topology with Altair Inspire™.
Demo Models
Excavator Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Calculate component stresses to evaluate fatigue. Size the hydraulic actuators to ensure desired performance when handling different materials. Verify dynamic response and stability of the overall system.
Predict dynamic response of the system by combining flexible multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ and OptiStruct™, hydraulic actuators from Altair Activate™ and bulk material models from EDEM™.
Demo Models
Wheel Loader Demo Model for EDEM + MotionSolve
Ensure the desired overall performance and component life of heavy equipment, by accounting for the difference in loads resulting from handling different bulk materials.
Easily and accurately predict the dynamic response of the system by combining multi-body equipment models from Altair MotionSolve™ and OptiStruct™ with bulk material models from EDEM™.
Demo Models
Webinar: GPU accelerated Aerodynamics CFD using Altair ultraFluidX
Most traditional simulations take too long to complete and takes significant toll on the vehicle manufacturer’s capability to arrive at an optimal design that considers styling and aerodynamic performance. In this webinar, we introduce you to Altair’s ultraFluidX, a GPU based Lattice Boltzmann solver that delivers unbeatable performance and overnight transient simulations of full vehicle aerodynamics on a single server. We will discuss the challenges in executing a full vehicle transient simulation and demonstrate how ultraFluidX technology and workflow helps you to overcome many of these with tremendous ease. We will also discuss some of the unique features that helps you perform multiple design analysis cycles with an unprecedented level of automation.
Webinars
Altair Inspire Studio Product Overview
Altair Inspire Studio is the new solution for innovative designers, architects, and digital artists to create, evaluate and visualize designs faster than ever before. With unrivaled flexibility and precision, its unique construction history feature along with multiple modeling techniques empowers users throughout the creative process.
Product Overview Videos
Faster Concept Modeling with Altair HyperWorks
In this webinar, we address challenges common to conceptual modeling engineers and the powerful new time-saving features and workflows available in the new Altair HyperWorks user experience.
Webinars
Inspire Print3D - Getting Started
A course to help users get started using Inspire Print3D including an interface tour and workflow training/videos.
Quick Start
Increasing Your Productivity for CFD Model Build
This webinar, presented jointly between Altair and the UK's leading CFD consultancy, TotalSim, demonstrated how the latest model build technologies can drastically accelerate your external aerodynamics programmes, freeing up Engineers' time to provide design insight and enhance performance, not stuck endlessly refining meshes.
Webinars
Creating Value Using Machine Learning
Altair Data Analytics tools support data preparation, data prediction and data visualization. In this webinar, we introduce the machine learning capabilities of the Knowledge Studio product. The webinar contains:
A brief introduction to the concept of Machine Learning
A live demo solving a problem using Predictive Maintenance
Methods for transforming the Machine Learning algorithms to actual profit
Webinars
Scaling Up Your Nonlinear Analysis Solver Throughput with Altair Unlimited
In this webinar, you'll learn about OptiStruct's nonlinear analysis performance at scale as well as Altair's powerful and cost-efficient solutions for on-premise or virtual compute clusters.
Webinars
Altair SimSolid – Copy Boundary Condition
Copy of loads and boundary condition: This would allow user to copy loads and boundary condition from one structural subcase to another structural subcase or structural subcase to modal subcase.
Tips & Tricks
Parameter and Casting Optimization
This webinar will demonstrate the possibilities and procedures to optimize a casting design by the help of casting process simulation. In combination with the simulation, we'll show how one can use what we call parameter and geometry optimization. By statistical methods and advanced analysis, one can go into the depth of the simulations to understand how you can improve the casting quality.
Webinars
Altair SimSolid – Spots for Load Application
Many traditional FEA systems require faces to be split to create localized loads and constraints. SimSolid has a better way – Spots.
Tips & Tricks
Altair SimSolid – Linear Superposition of Subcases
Linear Superposition of subcases in SimSolid.
Tips & Tricks
Altair SimSolid – Partial Dynamic Response & Dynamic Reaction Forces
Partial dynamic response & dynamic reaction forces in SimSolid.
Tips & Tricks
Altair HyperView – New Door Intrusion Tool
New door intrusion tool in HyperView.
Tips & Tricks
Altair HyperView – New MPDB Projection Tool
New MPDB projection tool in HyperView.
Tips & Tricks
MediaView – Marker Lock
Marker lock in MediaView.
Tips & Tricks
Altair Inspire – Joint Coupler
Rotational and/or translational movements of connected parts in your motion model can now be coupled together with the Couplers tool.
Tips & Tricks
Altair Inspire –Top Bottom Mid Surface Extraction
Top bottom mid surface extraction in Altair Inspire.
Tips & Tricks
Concept Design for Plastic Parts - Better and Earlier Decisions with CAE Driven Design
Traditionally, products are created with a draft, which is then specified by taking into account external factors. The next step is to validate, test them as prototypes and adapt the design. If simulation is used as a virtual test, this cycle can be accelerated.
The foundation for a successful design is set in the concept phase.
This raises the question of how simulation can be used as a motor for creative solutions and how it can be used as a groundbreaking basis for decision-making in the early phase of product development.
With the simulation-driven design approach, you can achieve early design maturity, efficient material utilization and shorter development times in the development of complex plastic components. Using the example of a front-end module, Code Product Solutions and Altair will demonstrate efficient product development in the recording "Concept Design for Plastic Parts".
Webinars
From Data to Strategic Business Value
Enterprises are becoming more data-driven and scaling up their data collection. But how is the data quantity transformed into data quality? How does one gain insight and condense complex data from several sources into a simple, coherent strategic message, that can easily be communicated to managers, engineers and decision-makers?
In this webinar, Jakob Svensson is going to show you how to use Altair Monarch to gain insight through analyzing large quantities of data, without using any code. The webinar is started with a brief introduction to Altair Monarch and data preparation and followed with a live demo.
Webinars
Introduction to Altair PollEx
This webinar introduces the benefits of PollEx for fast PCB design viewing and exploration, analysis (including signal integrity and thermal), verification (considering electrical, assembly, and manufacturing constraints), and how these solutions work within the unified PollEx electronics part data management software.
Webinars
Altair Activate Key Capabilities
Playlist highlighting the key capabilities of Altair Activate
Product Overview Videos
Finite Arrays
See a demonstration of the finite arrays tool creating a 4X2 dipole array.
Quick Start
Multiple Configurations with FEKO
See a demonstration that sets up multiple configurations on the same model such as one dipole active and two dipoles active.
Quick Start
Altair ConnectMe™ 2019
Altair ConnectMe™ 2019 is a very easy to use tool to launch Altair Products, receive update notifications and hear about the latest Altair news. With the 2019 version it now also manages Altair Partner Alliance products and products licensed by solidThinking Units. Highlights are the access to different versions of the same product and a direct access to the product help without the need to launch the product itself.
Product Overview Videos