Updates to Altair Material Data Center, OptiStruct, Multiscale Designer, HyperWorks and SimLab are said to help companies meet lightweighting objectives, design requirements, budget constraints and regulatory requirements. Simulation 2022.1 brings a variety of updates to bolster Altair’s sustainable product design capabilities.

Simulation 2022.1 is meant to help companies meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) objectives, drive design decisions and bring the power of open-source technology to users around the world. These updates are designed to enable more efficient, innovative products by applying advanced simulation, cloud-based computing and optimization for cleaner, more sustainable product lifecycles. Running on both Mac OS X and Windows as a standalone product or under Altair’s flexible token-based licensing model, Inspire Render frees designers’ creativity from the constraints of traditional tools, while assuring export of robust digital models for product development.Altair (Troy, Mich., U.S.), a global provider of computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), releases the latest updates to its simulation portfolio Simulation 2022.1.

No dedicated GPU card? No problem, fast production rendering by the software’s interactive Presto/IR engine enables immediate feedback on production quality, while being versatile, quick, and fun to use. Supporting CUDA and OpenCL, Inspire Render leverages the latest high-end graphic processor technology. Find it all in a slick and efficient user experience that fulfills the needs of novice and expert users alike. Quickly create, modify, and drag-and-drop a variety of materials and add lighting environments to generate images and animations in real-time with the built-in high-quality, physically-based global illumination rendering engine Thea Render. Inspire Render is the new 3D rendering and animation powerhouse for innovative designers, architects, and digital artists to produce stunning product presentations faster than ever before.

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