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Material Selection for Plastic Gears Using Altair® Material Data Center™
Plastic gears are widely used in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications due to their cost-effectiveness, low weight, corrosion resistance, and quiet operation. In the automotive industry, plastic gears can be found in critical subsystems such as windshield wiper mechanisms, seat adjusters, electric window…
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Is it possible to incorporate the impact of endwinding in 2D Flux thermal study?
I am performing a 2D radial-plane thermal simulation of an electric machine. Normally, the effect of the end-windings is neglected in this study, as it is not modeled. Is there any way to include or approximate the impact of the end-windings in such a model? Is there any way to add a thermal circuit to model it? For…
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Boost Simulation Usability with Materials Intelligence in Altair® Material Data Center™
Incomplete material data can be a major roadblock in simulation workflows - especially when accuracy, multi-physics compatibility, and solver-readiness are critical. The Materials Intelligence capability in Altair® Material Data Center™ (AMDC) addresses this challenge head-on by automatically identifying and filling data…
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Searching Materials in Altair® Material Data Center™
The Altair® Material Data Center™ (AMDC) is a comprehensive, cloud-based platform that enables engineers, designers, and analysts efficiently find and use material data for simulation and product development. One of AMDC’s most powerful features is its versatile and intuitive search functionality, allowing users to find…
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I keep getting an error message when I try to activate my student license.
I recently installed HyperMesh, Compose, MotionSolve, EDEM, and Twin Activate. I am trying to activate my student license, but I keep getting this error message. Could someone please help me?
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Smart Material Selection for Sheet Metal with Altair® Material Data Center™
Sheet metal plays a vital role across industries - from automotive body structures and aerospace panels to heavy engineering equipment, consumer electronics casings, and household appliances. Each application demands the right balance of strength, weight, and manufacturability, making material selection a critical step in…
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What is the difference between circuits constructed through "Wires" and "Cables"?
Description: Recently I have found out that in CADFEKO there exists an extension called "Cables" (Home > Extension > Cables) through which I seem to be able to construct circuits. Up until now I have mainly constructed circuits I was interested in directly by using Wires and Loads. I am curious whether there are difference…
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Particles disappear
Hi, I am doing a simulation of a ramp that vibrates and has particles. The issue I am having is that when the ramp starts to vibrate, after 0.05s the particles disappear. I have tried reducing the Rayleigh Timestep/ Percentage, but this keeps happening. Is there any other reason why particles might be disappearing and how…
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Hypermesh Python API: Getting elements by config
Hi, I'm wondering what the best way is to collect elements by type in the python API. I found how to collect all elements but I only want shells really which I can then feed into the next part of the script (creating a display model from a set of shells is the ultimate goal). Looking at the examples, it seems to suggest I…
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Coupled Simulation of Rock Breakage by Hydraulic Hammer Using EDEM and MBD Co-Simulation
A hydraulic hammer, also known as a hydraulic breaker, is a powerful tool attachment for excavators and other construction equipment that uses hydraulic pressure to deliver high impact blows for breaking bulk material such as concrete, asphalt, and rock. Objective: Simulating rock breakage using a hydraulic hammer with…
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Multibody & Non-linear FEA Co-Simulation with MotionSolve and OptiStruct: Battery Pack Use Case
NOTE: A solid, in-depth understanding of MotionView for vehicle modeling and OptiStruct for structural analysis is essential to successfully implement this type of MotionSolve–OptiStruct co-simulation workflow. *Refer to the attached folder, containing detailed process of the MS-OS Cosim workflow along with all the model…
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huge temporary files
Hello Altair Communuity, I built a large finite element (FE) model and want to evaluate the stresses in the components. The problem is that HyperWorks creates a large number of temporary files during the calculation, which causes the calculation to break down when only a few elements are output (less than 100,000). If the…
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Encoder Pulse Missing-TMS320F28379D MCU
Dear Team, We are currently using the Altair Embed 2024 license version.
While reading the encoder (GPIO24 & GPIO25) using the TMS320F28379D in our own microcontroller , we are experiencing missed pulse counts. (Our motor has a tick count of 4000 per full rotation) Ideally, the tick count should go from 0 to the maximum…
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Altair Feko: What's new in Feko 2025.1
Highlights of the 2025.1 Release The Feko 2025.1 release features extensions to many different solvers - enhancing Feko's capabilities in propagation modelling, network planning as well as general and specialist EM analysis application areas. There are various performance improvements, interoperability, and API extensions,…
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How can I fix error 1479 ?
Hello mr. assistance. Im the newone in Altair Inspire (v2023). I don't know how to fix this problem. Can you help me to fix this ? When analyzing the part after optimization, the process suddenly shuts down and pops up a notice that announces" Analysis Error 1479." I tried to delete some geometries and forces that I…
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Doubts about mbd simulation on fsae models
Hi, i'm a beginner at mbd simulations, and I want to understand some things about motionsolve and the fsae model that altair gives to us. I imported the standard model, but it doesn't match our CAD model, so i'm wondering if there is a way to import our assembly to this model, or even to motionsolve somehow? Or, how can I…
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Flux - SimLab Tutorial: 2D DOE and Optimization of PM Motor
Introduction Permanent magnets play a crucial role in modern electromechanical devices, ensuring efficient performance in applications ranging from electric machines to sensors. PM motors are now the most used motors in the automotive industry. Optimization is key to improving performance. Recent advancements in simulation…
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DEM–FEA Coupled Simulation for Granular Packing
Simulating granular packing using DEM and FEA is a powerful way to analyze how granular materials interact with solid structures-especially when both the particle dynamics and the deformability of the structure are important. Coupling DEM and FEA allows for detailed, high-fidelity simulations of granular packing in…
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Student license problem: Changed personal laptop
Hello world, I'm currently experience a problem with my student license. I've recently changed laptops so the HostID is different now; I still have some months available for the using of my license. I no longer have access to my old laptop. Is it possible to update the license with the new ethernet ID?
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How ro resolve negative volume elements?
Description: Hello. I am working on meshing an assembly of 9 parts using tetrahedral (C3D10) elements on Altair Simlab. I meshed all parts by defining the body mesh controls, creating a surface mesh and then creating a 3D solid tet mesh. I performed the quality check and used Abaqus quality feature, as I want to use this…
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Uniaxial Compression of Bulk Material Using Flexible Plate
Uniaxial compression of bulk material using a flexible plate via EDEM-FEA coupling is used for studying how granular or bulk materials behave under vertical compression by a deformable (flexible) structure. The granules are modelled using EDEM, while the compressing plate, enclosed box and punch is modelled as deformable…
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Optimizing Bulk Material Handling Through EDEM-OptiStruct Two-way Coupling
In the field of mechanical engineering, different equipment is designed to handle bulk materials. Discrete element method (DEM) and Finite element method (FEM) are two numerical methods available for researchers and engineers to develop new products and address complex engineering problems. These two methods have their…
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Automatic export text file about Model Information
Overview: The script automatically extracts model information (e.g., material, mesh type, mesh count). If the model is not suitable for analysis, it will notify you of any missing or incomplete data. This allows you to verify both the model details and any potential errors. You can also use this simplified information when…
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Particle Scale Up Summary Blogs
Computational time has always been one of the most important aspects of DEM Modelling. Initially, it could be assumed that having an accurate and realistic material model through material calibration is the main target. If you want to learn about material calibration, read this post: However, even though calibration is…
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Flow separation on Ahmed Body 25º slant
Description: I have Flow separation on Ahmed body at 25º and I really dont know why. Currently working on Altair Hypermes CFD 2024.1 I'm simulating the ahmed body in a Wind Tunnel. I've done this simulations different times and none of them give me the proper results im looking for (flow not separating at slant). I'm doing…
