What I appreciate most is that it has enabled me to focus on design instead of spending time on model preparation. I no longer need to be concerned about minor gaps, overlaps, or unnecessary features. Additionally, I value the time saved during pre-processing, especially given its speed when working with complex assemblies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigating the administrative aspects of managing Altair licenses can be challenging, especially for teams that are not yet familiar with its ecosystem. The learning curve may feel steep at first as you get accustomed to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the best about Altair SimSolid is the ease of use it had a lot less buttons than hypermesh and its similar to some simulation's extensions from CAD softwares as Solidworks, Inventor, etc. Wthat it makes it intuitive. Something that i like a lot of Altair softwares is that they have solution engineers expert of each software that provide customer support until your doubts are solve. It's easy to implement cause in comparison to other softwares in which you have to make a mesh in SimSolid you can avoid convergence error generated by bad quality of the mesh. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The frequency in which i use SimSolid it's very poorly cause in the company in where I'm usually we work with sheet metal that requires to do a shell mesh.

So my frequency of use right now is just educative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool has an intuitive interface with a shallow learning curve and very easy to use.

It is highly automated thus promotes workflow efficiency with high speed and accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not have issues with Altair SimSolid. I like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gives users clear visuals pin pointing the displacement, stress and safety factors through charts, images and animations hence very sufficient.

It has a user friendly and intuitive interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not have issues with this tool. It has been seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't say much of Altair SimSolid since I haven't had the opportunity to work with it. But for the last 6years I have been using Altair Hypermesh (formerly known as HyperWorks) and I can honestly say that is now my favorite FEA preprocessor. I am an avid FEA tool user (Ansys, Abaqus, LsDyna, etc...) and this is ALWAYS my favorite pre-processor. The old GUI complexity and ambiguity is gone. And the people at Altair are doing an amazing job integrating all the perks and tools of the old Hypermesh. It is not perfect and sometimes buggy, BUT still it is the best tool for FEA I have used in my 20+years of simulation experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I get a FREE license to play around SimSolid, I'll do an in-depth review Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Altair SimSolid is a powerful structural analysis tool that skips the usual headaches of CAD and meshing letting engineers test their designs much faster. It can handle large complex CAD assemblies with thousands of parts and still deliver accurate results for things like static, modal, buckling, thermal, and fatigue analysis. Its biggest strength is speed scenarios can be checked in just minutes making it great for early design and quick decision-making. That said, while it’s highly reliable for design iterations, it’s not meant to fully replace detailed FEA when it comes to final certification or very specialized material-level studies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing you might dislike about Altair SimSolid is that even though it’s super fast and easy, It can’t fully replace traditional FEA when you need very detailed, material-level or certification-grade analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The concept itself is promising, and it can already be used for smaller models. The classic products, like Hypermesh, Optistruct, Motionsolve, Radioss, etc., are amazing packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As of 2025, based on my real-life experience in the mining industry, dealing with welded steel structures, it works only with smaller models. As soon as the model becomes more complex or larger, it fails to function. I diligently try every release, always involve Altair support, but the conclusion is so far the same: for serious tasks, I need to go back to Hypermesh and a proper solver. Also, the UI is overly simplistic and lacks professional functions. Unfortunately, a very high token requirement is paired with the lack of robustness. As the concept itself is promising and the development is continuous, I hope it will be a daily tool in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is brilliant to have a reliable FEA alternative in the cloud which frees up my PC for other tasks, and solves large assemblies quickly. It is great that if I upload new STEP files to the same project, the software copies the analysis settings to the new files. Great that there are no installs to deal with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simsolid Cloud is too restrictive on the number of bodies/facets it can handle, which means I often have to simplify the geometry- a task that shouldn't be required with this software! I understand the cloud version might need some restrictions here, but if I could double the amount of bodies or facets, this would make analysis of large frames much more usable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That it is so simple and easy to learn how to use, no unneccessary functions. It is working very well to add files for simulation/calculation to SimSolid, when it approves files such as Parasolid, STL and Inventor, which I usually work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really dislike that you can not Undo and Redo (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y) in Altair SimSolid. This is really frustrating many times, especially if I accidentally delete something. I do not like how difficult it is to find support and answers on my questions related to Altair SimSolid online, searching on the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very intuitive and there's plenty of resources online to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to be able to save my probe locations for reuse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.