Save your energy with Materialise 3-matic in the after topology optimization process

This webinar focuses on Materialise 3-matic's complimentary position to Altair's topology optimization and illustrates its capabilities on light weight structures design, with a focus on printable design.

Matereality Tip: Use the 'Share' Functionality So Everyone is on the Same Page

Share your view with colleagues, so they see what you see! Send them the exact link by clicking Share in the left column. Soon, you and your colleague are on the same page! Take a snap shot of the plot to add to your report by clicking the camera icon on top of the graph!

FEKO Webinar Recording: The CMA Advantage

In this webinar we cover some of the theory of CMA, as well as present several new case studies highlighting the CMA design advantage. These include optimum feeding and placement of antennas on platforms and decoupling of antenna elements in a MIMO configuration.

Virtual Prototyping and Dynamic Load Analysis in Machine Design

Through the development of virtual prototypes of concepts that capture the dynamics of the system (or systems) early in the design process, machine designers can avoid many issues that often arise during the integration and prototyping stages.

Using Design Profit® Custom Math Application to create a cost estimating system.

Design Profit® is a methodology and a process that exposes waste and risk in the product design so engineers can make informed trades to reduce complexity and create elegant designs for downstream stakeholders.

FEKO Webinar Recording : Radomes with Frequency Selective Surfaces

In this webinar we present a complete solution for the design and analysis of radomes. We also discuss in detail the challenges and the solutions to the design and analysis of Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) radomes.

Model-Based Design and Development in Automotive Applications using Maple and MapleSim

This webinar will present a range of comprehensive examples using MapleSim to model complex automotive systems. Specific case studies will include full vehicle modeling, active suspension, stability control, steering and more.

Webinar: Altair’s Solutions for Full-Vehicle NVH Analysis

An important factor in improving vehicle quality and perception is guided by how vehicles are designed for noise, vibration and harshness, making NVH an important domain for the automotive industry. Altair and its Alliance Partners offer a complete solution for automotive NVH applications. In this 45-minute webinar, we will give an overview of problems faced in the automotive industry for NVH analysis and how HyperWorks and Altair’s Partner technologies help address these issues, providing a complete solution that spans from modeling and assembly to analysis, diagnostic and optimization. Presenters: Jianmin Guan, Director, Vibration and Acoustics Solutions, Altair Vijay Ambarisha, Senior Project Engineer, ANSOL Jerry Manning, President, Cambridge Collaborative Francois-Xavier Becot, Co-manager, Matelys

CONVERSE – Software for Accurate FE-Simulation of Plastic Automotive Applications

Using the anisotropic material behavior of short fiber reinforced plastics by assigning the fiber orientation and appropriate material behavior to your parts easily. The general procedure and the outcoming benefit will be shown with industrial part examples using the software CONVERSE.

Competitive Advantages in using EFEA for NVH Analysis for Automotive Applications

This webinar will showcase how to use Energy Finite Element Analysis (EFEA) for mid to high frequency noise and vibration simulations.

Designing Composite Components for Automotive

Watch this 45-minute webinar recording to learn the latest advancements in composites design and optimization of carbon fiber composites and mixed material structures in the automotive industry. Capabilities included in Altair HyperWorks as well as third party products available through the Altair Partner Alliance will be illustrated, showing real life examples of application.

Powertrain NVH and Durability Analysis with HyperWorks Webinar Recording

Altair OptiStruct is used by thousands of companies worldwide to analyze and optimize structures for their strength, durability and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) characteristics.

In this complimentary 45-minute webinar you will learn some of the most recent features introduced in OptiStruct for powertrain NVH and durability analysis, with particular emphasis on the creation of flexible bodies for engine dynamics analysis. Altair OptiStruct has recently became the first FEA solver that can directly connect to AVL EXCITE to produce a ‘body property’ input data file (.exb) without the generation of intermediate files requiring translation.

Specific case studies will be shown to demonstrate how these new capabilities lead to significant improvements in turnaround time and robustness of the engine dynamics analyses.

LAP and CoDA: Your tools for composites preliminary analysis and post-processing in Automotive design

This webinar will show how automotive designers can use LAP and CoDA to prepare a laminated plate or structure, examine its behavior under load, overall or layer-by-layer. LAP checks specific points of any laminate, whilst CoDA examines the structure as a whole.

Driving accurate engineering decisions through comprehensive material knowledge with Total Materia

Total Materia provides the world’s most comprehensive material properties database covering over 250,000 metals, plastics, composites and a range of other non-metallic materials. This webinar is designed to help demonstrate how having the right information available at the right time can not only save hours and even days of sourcing but improve information accuracy and help optimize early critical design decisions.

Altair OptiStruct Revolutionizes Lattice Structures for 3D Printing

Altair recently announced new solver capabilities for OptiStruct that extend its topology and sizing optimization technology to support the design and optimization of parts manufactured by additive manufacturing, or 3D printing.

A unique capability of 3D printing lies in its ability to manufacture hollow shapes with complex internal geometry using repetitive cells of varying density known as lattice structures. OptiStruct now extends topology and sizing optimization to assist in the efficient blending of solid-lattice structures with smooth transitional material volume. This new technology satisfies an unmet need, since no tools previously existed for lattice structure design with optimal and structurally efficient material distribution.

In this 45-minute complimentary webinar you will learn more about optimization technology for lattice structures from the voice of Altair’s optimization leaders. OptiStruct’s two-phase lattice optimization process will be explained and real models will be shown to illustrate possible applications of the technology.

Crash Material Model Parameter Generation and Validation for Ductile Plastics

The Matereality Workgroup Material DatabasePro solution enabled through the Altair Partner Alliance allows Altair HyperWorks users access to browser-based software to build and maintain productivity enhancing material databases on the same platform that they use for product design. The integration of materials data with CAE tools strengthens the material core of their group’s PLM.

Motorsport to Automotive - Crossing the thought barrier. Using ChassisSim solve your vehicle dynamics problems quickly.

This webinar will cover how you can use ChassisSim to quickly construct a high fidelity multibody vehicle model and use the features of ChassisSim to get the answers you need quickly for both motor sport and automotive use.

NovaFlow&Solid Product Overview Video

Short introductory video to casting simulation software by NovaCast.

Software Asset Optimization: Right-Sizing Global Software Investments

In this webinar, our expert will showcase the benefits of using Altair SAO in a global organization and will provide an exclusive profile of one customer’s success with SAO.

ChassisSim Shaker Rig Toolbox Demo

Short demonstration video showing what the ChassisSim Shaker Rig Toolbox is and how to apply it.

Introductory Demonstration of How to Design a Race Car Using ChassisSim

Video demonstration of a general race car design in ChassisSim.

Accelerating Complex Simulations: An Example From Manufacturing - Radioss

Altair's software products enable a wide range of industries to conduct complex simulations crucial to engineering innovation and deliver reliable products to market. In a sector where supporting enhanced performance and new feature sets is critical, Altair is using Intel® Software Development tools to scale on Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors and coprocessors as quickly as possible to improve its customers' competitive advantage. Join us as Altair's Director of Engineering, Eric Lequiniou, discusses how Intel® tools help drive application innovation to provide the best possible performance.

Altair HyperXtrude 2015 Brings Extrusion Simulation to the Shop Floor

Extrusion companies today must create a more extensive mix of complex profiles in shorter product-development cycles. At the same time, they seek to reduce production costs. With HyperXtrude 2015, engineers can analyze material flow and heat transfer inside a die during extrusion to validate die designs and thereby reduce or eliminate costly and time-consuming trials. This complimentary 45 minute webinar will help you learn how HyperXtrude 2015 and its intuitive interface can help streamlining your workflow for extrusion die design and manufacturing.

Brief Demo of CoDA by Anaglyph

Brief demo of CoDA, which can be used to undertake preliminary analysis of sub-components with Plate, Beam, Joint, Flange or Laminate geometries.

Brief Demo of LAP by Anaglyph

Brief demo of LAP, which can be used to analyze any type of composite laminate subjected to in-plane loads and moments.

LAP Technical Demo

Short technical demonstration of LAP for layered composite analysis.

Coupled CFD MBD Tanker Sloshing Simulation

SEAM Showcase Video

Brief introduction to Cambridge Collaborative and its NVH software, SEAM.

Multiphysics Powertrain Cooling, Fatigue and Durability Analysis

CFD Optimization with Altair HyperWorks

CFD Webinar Series Part 1 - Unstructured Meshing using Altair CFD Solver AcuSolve

Frequency Response using FEMFAT Spectral Module

Learn about the frequency response capabilities available in FEMFAT's Spectral Module.

Introduction to HyperCrash

HyperCrash is a robust pre-processing environment specifically designed to automate the creation of high-fidelity models for crash analysis and safety evaluation. Developed in cooperation with the industry's leading manufacturers, HyperCrash increases departmental efficiency and results accuracy through process driven workflows and automated model checking and correction.

Introduction to AcuSolve

Altair® AcuSolve® is a leading general-purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver that is capable of solving the most demanding industrial and scientific applications. Based on the Finite Element method, AcuSolve’s robust and scalable solver technology empowers users by providing unparalleled accuracy on fully unstructured meshes. Applications ranging from steady RANS simulations to complex, transient, multiphysics simulations are handled with ease and accuracy.

High Fidelity Vehicle Simulations Using MotionSolve-FTire and ChassisSim

Learn more about how you can leverage two of our leading multi-body simulation partners: cosin scientific software and ChassisSim Technologies for accurately performing vehicle simulations.

Introduction to ChassisSim

Learn about the multi body vehicle dynamics offerings available through ChassisSim.

ChassisSim Showcase Video

2 minute video introduction to ChassisSim for multibody dynamics analysis.

Basic Intro to FEMFAT - Webinar Slides

Basic introductory slides to durability and fatigue software, FEMFAT.

Powertrain Mount Optimisation Webinar

Many engineers and designers in the automotive industry would like to determine a reasonable powertrain mounting system which meets a list of static and dynamic performance requirements, the design of which is limited by many factors. One of the approaches is to adopt a decoupling arrangement between powertrain rigid-body modes and to control frequencies in the main vibration directions of the powertrain so they fall within a desirable range. This is done by optimising stiffness, location and orientation of mounts.

Optimising Vehicle Dynamics for Student Racing with Altair University

You will learn how to use multi-body dynamics (MBD) simulation tools from the Altair HyperWorks CAE suite to improve the design and performance of your student race car. By using Altair’s academic vehicle library, you can adapt suspension models to represent your existing half or full vehicle and make virtual changes to the design in order to improve stability and manoeuvrability.

NVH Webinar Series: Transfer Path Analysis at General Motors

This webinar presents the most recent advancement in the vehicle development process at General Motors using Altair HyperWorks' Transfer Path Analysis (TPA) capabilities.

Altair Bushing Models for the Automotive Industry

The Altair Bushing Model is a high level concept solution that can be used for all your vehicle applications. It has a library of sophisticated, frequency- and amplitude- dependent bushing models that you can use for accurate vehicle dynamics, durability and NVH simulations. The tool has been validated by BMW and Honda for robustly fitting measured data to analytical models and accurately simulating models.

NVH Webinar Series : Squeak and Rattle Simulation at Scania and LeanNova

Altair's Squeak and Rattle Director is a novel set of comprehensive software automations to rapidly identify and analyze design alternatives to eliminate the root causes of squeak and rattle in assemblies.

DesignLife Showcase Video

Introductory video to DesignLife, durability and fatigue analysis software by HBM-nCode.

Introduction to HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel

Altair’s HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel is a new solution designed to provide better wind tunnel simulation technology and user experience. With a highly automated and streamlined workflow process and high quality CFD technology, Altair’s HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel is able to more accurately and quickly predict an automobile’s aerodynamic performance.

Introduction to HyperMesh

Altair HyperMesh is a high-performance finite element pre-processor to prepare even the largest models, starting from import of CAD geometry to exporting an analysis run for various disciplines.

Introduction to HyperGraph

Altair HyperGraph is a powerful data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many popular file formats. Its sophisticated math engine is capable of processing even the most complex mathematical expressions. HyperGraph combines these features with high-quality presentation output and customization capabilities to create a complete data analysis system for any organization.

Introduction to SimLab

SimLab is a process oriented, feature based finite element modeling software that allows you to quickly and accurately simulate engineering behavior of complex assemblies.