Altair Inspire: The Union of Ease of Use and Accuracy
Altair EmployeeLet's imagine a common scenario. You need simulation solutions fast. Maybe its for a class project, perhaps its for a FSAE or BAJA vehicle that goes into production tomorrow. Maybe its one of a dozen other scenarios where you jsut don't have the time to devote to a full fledged Finite Element Analysis so you resort to one of these handy CAD based simulation tools. Why not? You are in CAD already, and its right there staring you in the face, just go the next step and simulate it. Sure it may be easy but are the answers right? The software is amazing at CAD but this is simulation. So you decide instead to go with a traditional FEA software, this is important and the results have to be right. There are many to choose from and you might have even used one in class. Then the memories come flooding back in. The long nights struggling to get the analysis to run. The cryptic error messages that even Google can't find. Hour after hour of meshing and refining and defining and frustration. Why won't this model run???
Now imagine a software that was easier to use than the CAD based tool. That is an entirely geometry based setup in a process driven approach. That graphically displays everything you need to know about your part and automates the difficult tasks while giving you as much control as you want to have. Imagine still that the software came from a company that has been in the analysis business for over 35 years and has a reputation for unbeaten accuracy. Not a CAD company but an analysis company. Now imagine you could get that software today, and for free.
You can.
The software is Altair Inspire, you can download it here (https://web.altair.com/inspire-personal-edition) and you can learn it in an hour or two here (Inspire Instructional Video Series)
Best of all, it does structural simulation, topological optimization, motion analysis and it can combine all 3.
If you want to know more just post your questions here and I or one of my colleagues would be happy to help you get started.