Can Inspire studio be used as CAD package?

Casper Kruger

Hi,

 

To what extend can Inspire Studio be used as a CAD package to do 3D modelling and drawings? I saw some drawing capabilities but nothing in depth. If this is not what it is intended for, what is the best CAD package to interact with Altair products? 

 

I would like to remove import/export from our work flow, any advice will be appreciated. 

 

Thank  you

Antonio Flores_21377

Hi,

 

As you probably know, Studio is not a standard CAD program in the sense that the procedures for using it are a bit different but it is very strong on modeling.

It has Parasolid as geometric kernel which guarantees perfect handling of solid geometries and great quality of the mathematics.

This together with a wide variety and robustness of import/export formats makes it quite an interesting package.

Where it shines is in pre-CAD phase, like shape exploration and creative thinking, advanced modeling, handling of continuity, organic modeling and fine control of shapes.

It is a fully parametric software and it has a CAD-like 2D sketching environment where you can assign constraints and dimensions. This part is pretty good but maybe not at the level of a CAD package like SolidWorks or similar.

 

If you want the modeling package that is better integrated inside the Altair products, Studio is surely a good choice.

 

The other one is Inspire:
https://www.altair.com/inspire/

It is not as complete as Studio on the CAD side but it has great features for rebuilding CAD from optimization results, defeaturing and a fast growing set of modeling tools.

Inside Inspire, the capabilities I just mentioned are of course just a little part of the package, which is primarily targeted to accelerating the creation, optimization, and study of innovative, structurally efficient parts and assemblies through collaboration.

Check the above link for more info.

 

Hope this clarifies a bit.

 

Regards,

Antonio