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Accelerate Simulation-driven Design

Engineering is evolving, and so are the tools needed to design the products of tomorrow. Altair® Inspire™ is a comprehensive design and simulation tool that combines the power of implicit modeling with traditional techniques like BRep and polyNURBS. Whether you're designing for casting, injection molding, or additive manufacturing, Inspire offers the flexibility to bring your ideas to life.

With integrated structural, motion, and fluid simulation, Inspire empowers designers to explore performance and manufacturability in one environment. This hybrid approach gives designers the freedom to solve real-world design challenges across a variety of manufacturing processes, not just additive manufacturing. By incorporating both implicit and traditional techniques, Inspire supports a broader range of industries and applications, making it the perfect choice for users seeking versatility and innovation.

Why Choose Inspire?

Hybrid Modeling Flexibility: Seamlessly combine implicit and traditional modeling techniques to create complex, manufacturable designs in one integrated tool.
Intuitive User Experience: Quickly solve design challenges in an easy-to-navigate, CAD-like user interface with automated workflows - ditching a steep learning curve and increasing productivity and innovation.
End-to-End Solution: From design to simulation and manufacturing, Inspire integrates everything you need to bring products to market quickly without relying on multiple software tools.

Key Features

Geometry Creation and Simplification

Create, modify, and defeature geometry using parametric modeling tools. Utilize PolyNURBS to create organic, free-form geometry.

Lattice Structures

Unlock the potential of lattice structures with one-click implicit design tools.

Industrial Design and Rendering

Combine different modeling techniques to effortlessly create and explore even the most complex designs. Create stunning images and dynamic animations in real time with physically accurate lighting.

Dynamic Motion

Easily simulate the motion of complex mechanisms. Automatically detect contacts and joints, and enhance designs with springs, dampers, and actuators for accurate performance evaluation.

Structural Analysis

Perform linear static and normal modes analysis with advanced embedded solvers. Rapidly assess multiple design variants from fully featured CAD geometry, while traditional finite element analysis (FEA) ensures detailed structural validation.

Fluid Analysis

Enhance fluid system design with embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools for accurate performance evaluation. Leverage conjugate heat transfer simulations to model cooling effects to optimize thermal management and system performance.

Topology Optimization

Achieve innovative designs with advanced 2D and 3D topology optimization. Define optimization objectives while applying manufacturing, stress, displacement, frequency, and other constraints to create lightweight, high-performance structures.

Design for Manufacturing

Using a rich set of manufacturing simulation tools, evaluate product feasibility, optimize the manufacturing process, and run virtual try-outs for 3D printing, casting, and forming. Seamlessly access integrated material data to optimize designs for strength, weight, and manufacturability.

Altair Inspire, especially in combination with the selectable manufacturing restrictions, enables us to specifically design components for 3D printing and thus make optimal use of the advantages of additive manufacturing."

— Philipp Schwemberger, Head of Additive Manufacturing, M&H CNC Technik

Altair’s complete engineering and CAE workflows for lightweight design and material substitution enable sustainable design."

— Viktor Seres, CEO, X-Plast

So quick to analyze a simple part and assemblies of all sizes. The optimization tools and other analysis types like motion and thermal are simple to use and generate useful results."

— Benjamin M., Structural Engineer, Verified G2 User

It's a revolutionary way to analyze your part designs without requiring complicated pre-processing and model preparation. The design iteration process is much quicker due to the built-in CAD compared to traditional FEA software."

— Verified G2 User

I started using Altair Inspire in college for topology optimization and motion simulation. I really loved how easy performing simulations was. Now in industry, I use it for forming and 3D printing simulations, and occasionally for motion. It saves so much time compared to conventional tools, and the new one-click GUI features are great."

— Vishnu Vardhan K., Engineer, Verified G2 User

I really like Inspire’s easy-to-learn interface, which includes a variety of physics and optimization tools. It’s great to have the option to choose between powerful solvers. Convenient CAD tools, including PolyNURBS and implicit geometry, let you handle everything within one environment."

— Alexander B., Team Leader, Verified G2 User