SimSolid
A Simulation Revolution
Analyze Fully Featured CAD Assemblies
in Minutes Without Meshing
Altair SimSolid, game-changing simulation technology for designers, design engineers, and simulation analysts.
SimSolid is structural analysis software developed specifically for design engineers. It eliminates geometry simplification and meshing, the two most time consuming and expertise extensive tasks done in traditional FEA.
Moreover, SimSolid can analyze complex parts and large assemblies not practical with traditional FEA and do it efficiently on a desktop class computer. Both fast and accurate, SimSolid controls solution accuracy using a unique multi-pass adaptive analysis.
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Includes the following capabilities:
- Analysis solutions – linear statics, modal, thermal, coupled thermal-stress, material nonlinear, geometric nonlinear, transient dynamics (time, frequency and random response)
- Supported connections – bonded, sliding, virtual connectors, welds (spot, laser and fillet)
- Boundary conditions – immovable, sliding, force, pressure, gravity, thermal, inertia, inertia relief, hydrostatic, bearing, hinge and remote loads
- Additional capabilities – rigid parts, bolt/nut tightening, modal participation factors
- CAD connectivity – Reads all common CAD file formats including: CATIA, NX, PTC/Creo, Inventor, Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS, SolidEdge, Onshape, JT, STEP, VDA, Parasolid, ACIS, PLMXML, CGR, STL
Commercial License
SimSolid is now available in the HyperWorks Platform!
Request info below to find out how to access SimSolid through your company's Altair HyperWorks license.
Special Offer:
Save 30% on standalone SimSolid licenses! Request info on node-locked pricing below.
Offer expires March 31, 2019
Free Introduction to SimSolid
Presentation Recorded on November 7, 2018
Submit the form to watch this free webinar to learn:
- How SimSolid can help to speed up and eliminate geometry simplification and meshing
- How to set up an analysis in SimSolid to get simulation results in mere seconds
- How to use SimSolid to analyze complex parts and assemblies
- How SimSolid can be used early in the concept design process to shape design changes
Who should watch
This event is a must for all designers, engineers design engineers, and anyone involved in the product design or development process.
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System Requirements and Installation Instructions
Recommended configuration
- Intel I7 based computer; 4-cores (8-threads); 16 GB of memory; OpenGL compatible graphics card
- Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (64-bit only)
To use the direct document integration to Onshape, you must have either a free or paid Onshape account. There will be a one time prompt to authorize SimSolid to access your Onshape account.
To use the SOLIDWORKS add-in, you must have a 2013 through 2018 version of SOLIDWORKS running on a Microsoft Win7, Win8.1 or Win10 64-bit computer system.
Installation instructions
- Check computer specs. Before downloading, check to make sure your computer has adequate resources. While SimSolid may run on a wide variety of Windows computers, we recommend the configuration on the left. Please note that it must be a 64-bit OS. SimSolid will not run on the older 32-bit OS flavors.
- Download and run the installer. Download the application installer, unzip it, then double-click to run it and follow the prompts to install SimSolid.
- Activate SimSolid. First time users will need to activate the installation. Simply start SimSolid then pick the appropriate try or buy button and follow the prompts to activate.
- Take a test drive. Access the free trial to try SimSolid with no risk
- Learning resources. View the tutorial videos on our Training Modules page.
- Contribute. We want to hear from you. Get an user ID so that you can post on the SimSolid forum. Got a question, ask it. Got an experience, share it. Got a request to improve SimSolid, ask it. We are excited about SimSolid and its potential but we know there is much to do. Help us, help you get the most productive structural simulation tool for the design process.