You can define a motion sequence pretty easily.

Topology optimization is best.

UI is user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need to improve mesh refinement capabilities. Other than that there is nothing that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is pretty good and easy to learn,

It has helped us in performing multiple analysis in stipulated time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although it uses Optistruct as its solver, we observed differences in the results compared to using Hypermesh as the preprocessing software, and cannot come to a conclusion on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly, easy to access, easy to user, redering is so good that it feels like a real part or assembly, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

graphics could be better, require huge amount of RAM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's Was Good to Interact with Altair Inspire Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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It Works Well So that I can Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is used for the generation of 3D simulations that allow the evaluation of the totality of viability that a product has at a technical level. Altair inspire has a system that allows working with digital tests of each product that is developed, before its launch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The physics provided by the platform are not as good, which slows down a bit the ability to write structural analysis of hardware, especially if you need to take into account the animations that have a high level of complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The results of the motion simulation will be automatically transferred to the FEA solver. The user interface often allows you to follow a series of steps to successfully complete the motion simulation and finite element analysis of the design. It is easy to define a motion sequence. It is easy to define actuators, pin joints and slider joints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The grid does not have the capacity to be refined. We must import the SOLIDWORKS assembly and relocate it in space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface provides a work flow of the steps required to compete a simulation better than any previous software I have purchased or had demonstrations on. My prior experience includes Working Model 2D, Working Model 3D, Dynamic Designer, SolidWorks Motion and Matlab Simulink.

Setting up the actual motor or actuator can be quick and simple or very complex and detailed. I used an Excel motion profile for the hydraulic motor and hydraulic cylinder on my first model. There is a place to input run output rate in Hz and simulation duration. The resultant forces at pin joints are easy to view so bearing area loads can be used to size the bearings or bushings. You can use the force results to determine motor size and cylinder size information as well.

The results from the motion simulation are directly transferred to the FEA module where you can choose the number of peak load cases to simulate. The results can be viewed as combined values or you can see the results for each peak load case to determine how to refine the design.

The tech support has be excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only current feature missing is mesh refinement in the FEA portion. The current help is weak so screen sharing support is needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software is incredibly intuitive and really provides an excellent finished product. The software runs relatively quickly and will typically error right away, which is a nice feature. I did not use the geometric editing portions of the software, but it seems promising to be able to edit files directly in the program. The exportation of the finished product was also very easy to do and I was able to directly insert it into the CATIA v6 model that my team had been working on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The optistruct functionality doesn't work as well as it could; the material often has gaps that don't make sense. When running very detailed models, there's a 5GB default maximum for the file size and that made me lose 14 hours of the optimization. Also, I found that decreasing the element sizes did very little as far as improving the results. The inclusion of carbon fiber into the material palette would be a very helpful addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to use Nurbs style modeling to make free form designs analyze. It allows the user to break their old design paradigms and really think and model in the abstract. I think poly-Nurbs modeling will be the future of CAD modeling, the freedom of free form modeling to be used with additive manufacturing, casting or molding opens up a whole world of new designs that make lighter, cheaper, and more unique parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having to run a full analysis to get results on small changes. Would be nice to have an iterative function that could adjust analysis results with small changes to the model. A more robust solver would also be nice. Sometimes it kicks out when you make the elements small. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I personally used Inspire solely for optimization of parts on my school's FSAE team. I found it very easy to pick up due to the helpful tutorials made available online. The software gave great results, was highly optimizable, and expanded ideas for potential part geometry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In certain scenarios it was difficult to get the software to behave properly, albeit the load cases were odd, The modeling function was difficult to parameterize and I often had to settle for a generally dimensioned part or using CAD and importing a part rather than tightly controlling the base workpiece through Inspire. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.