Free Student Software Bundle

• Go to the Altair One registration page and enter your email address, assigned to you by your educational institution (e.g., yourname@youruniversity.edu)
• Select either "Students" or "Faculty" and enter your details, then enter the verification code sent to your provided email address to create your account.

NOTE: In most cases, Altair One will automatically recognize your university using your email domain and link your user account with your university's account. If your email domain is associated with more than one university account you will be prompted to select the applicable one from a list. If your university is not listed you must add it manually by clicking on “Not Listed?”.

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• Log into Altair One and go to the "Marketplace".
• Click on the "Student Edition License" card.
• Select the "Licensing" tab in the panel that opens on the right side and click on "Get License". Your unique license activation key will appear.

NOTE: If instead of the license activation key a "pending verification" message appears, please wait 2-3 business days and check your email to be notified when your credentials are verified. Once the verification is complete you can go back and finish this step.

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• Log into Altair One and navigate to the Altair Marketplace.
• Make sure the "Student Edition Bundle" checkbox is selected in the "Suites" filter on the left.
• Select one of the 40+ software tools included in the Altair Student Edition bundle and download it.
• Install the software on your computer by double-clicking the downloaded .exe file and following the installation instructions in the installation wizard.

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• In your File Explorer, navigate to the installation folder of your installed Altair Software (e.g., System (C:) > Program Files > Altair > 2023 > security > bin > win64 > GUI)
• Locate and double-click the file "almutil_gui.exe"
  
• The "Altair License Utility" window will open up
• Select the "Activation" tab and paste your license activation key (obtained in Step 2) in the field then click on "Activate".

NOTE: You only have to complete this step for the first Altair software product that you download and install from the Student Edition bundle.

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The following products require additional activation steps - 

PSIM - Click on almutil_gui.exe to open the Altair License Utility box and copy the license file path in the license store section under the user dropdown, open PSIM and paste the copied license path in the license setup window as shown below and click OK.

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Flux and FluxMotor - You will need to set an environment variable with name ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH and value can be the license file path from the activation window.

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AI Studio - If using AI Studio separately and not after installing any other product like Altair Inspire beforehand, you will need the Almutil GUI, download Amutil GUI from the below links for the concerned OS and then follow Step 4 above.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.solidthinking.portal.public/almutil_15.2.0_win64_x64.zip

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.solidthinking.portal.public/almutil_15.2.0_linux_x64.tar.gz

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.solidthinking.portal.public/almutil_15.2.0_darwin_universal.zip

Most of the products in the Altair Student Edition bundle do not have any limitations, but for those that do, we've described them in this section. 
The are NO model or problem size limitations for the following products:

• Inspire, Inspire Cast, Inspire Form, Inspire Extrude Metal, Inspire Extrude Polymer, Inspire Mold, Inspire Polyfoam, Inspire Render, Inspire Studio
• Twin Activate , Compose , Embed
• Esacomp
• Flux, FluxMotor , Feko WinProp, PollEx 
• Knowledge Studio
• Thea Render
• SimLab
• S-Frame Products

General limitations for all products included in the Student Edtion

• The Student Edition can only be requested online
• The license is valid for 12 months but renewable until the student’s degree work is completed.
• The Altair Student Edition may NOT be used for commercial purposes.
• The Student Edition is not available for banned countries: CUBA, SYRIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, and SUDAN or for students who are banned for other reasons and are included on US Government lists of banned parties. 

• HyperWorks Desktop (the classical GUI) 
• HyperWorks (X version, new GUI) 

• OptiStruct Advanced Solutions – certain dynamics solutions like frequency response and transient, user materials etc. will show a license error while solving. This error can be ignored; results will be output correctly. 
• License Error 9 and 6 are printed in the solver window, despite solving the file for both Radioss and OptiStruct. These errors can be ignored; results will be output correctly. 
• OptiStruct Optimization is node-limited 
  • Radioss; OptiStruct: 100,000 nodes 
  • AcuSolve: 500,000 nodes 
  • Radioss runs are restricted to 4 cores (-nt4) 
  • Multibody dynamics models (MotionSolve): 200 bodies 
• Solvers cannot be started from a command line (only from within the Analysis tool from within the Graphical User Interface) 

• Import: IGES, SolidWorks and STEP 
• Export: IGES, STEP 

• HyperCrash export limited to 100,000 nodes 
• HyperMesh Import / export: Radioss, OptiStruct limited to 100,000 nodes 
• HyperMesh X (new interface) Solver Deck export in Unity requires extension to be added in file name (ex: abc.fem, abc.rad) 

• Feko 
• HyperXtrude 
• HyperMold 
• HyperWeld 
• Non-Altair Solvers (for import and export although the interface format is in the file > open window) 

• HyperView Reads h3d files only with the maximum allowable model size of 100,000 nodes and only 1 page with up to 16 windows may be created 
• MotionView reads graphics H3D files with the maximum allowable model size of 100,000 nodes 

• Platforms: Windows 7/10 
• Architecture: x86_64 

Altair Monarch Limitations 

• Activation is supported via the Altair License Management System licensing method only. 
• Monarch Automation is not available. 
• 10 rows can be exported in Monarch Classic and Data Prep Studio. 

Altair EDEM Limitations 

• 10,000 particle limit 
• 2 x CPU max (no GPU) 
• Disabled functionality on CFD Coupling Interface, MBD coupling interface, Heat Transfer Module, and Field Data Import. 

Altair PSIM Limitations 

• Altair PSIM Student Edition does not include Code Gen and Co-simulation features. 

If your university doesn't accommodate its students with assigned email addresses, you will unfortunately not be able to use a free Altair Student Edition license.

Please reach out to your university to see if they can create an email address for you. If not, have your professor contact the Global Academic Program team  (at academicsupport@altair.com) and acquire an Academic License. With an Academic License, your professor can give their students access without requiring a school-issued email address.