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Comparing Design and Manufacturing Platforms?

Altair® Inspire™ vs. nTop

Engineering is evolving, and so are the tools needed to design the products of tomorrow. Altair® Inspire™ is more than just a tool for additive manufacturing—it's a comprehensive design and simulation platform 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.

Unlike nTop, Inspire offers a hybrid approach that gives engineers 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 engineers 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 platform.
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.

Inspire and nTop: What are the Differences?

Inspire

✅ Complete design, simulation, and manufacturing package

✅ Rich, integrated functionality

✅ End-to-end workflow

✅ Familiar CAD interface

✅ Photo-realistic graphics and rendering

nTop

❌ Little flexibility for coding options

❌ Limited options for additional features

❌ Expensive and confusing pricing

❌ No clear process for how to switch to other vendors

❌ Fragmented software with limited features

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