Altair announces release of Simulation 2022.1 software update

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. 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. 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.

Simulation 2022.1 brings a variety of updates to bolster Altair’s sustainable product design capabilities. 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. These updates also assist Altair’s topology optimization, lightweighting, design certification and high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities, the company notes, enabling users to save resources, scale workloads and reduce project complexity as they design greener, more sustainable products.

Simulation 2022.1 is also said to help users apply simulation earlier in design lifecycles so they can reduce errors, save time and money and access tools in a seamless, connected environment. In this update, enhancements were introduced to Altair Inspire for an improved design creation and optimization experience. Altair SimSolid also received updates for more rapid simulation, reviewing design scenarios and parametric modeling upgrades.

Additionally, this update enriches Altair’s modeling and visualization capabilities. HyperWorks workflow streamlines the process of building a reduced order model for early conceptual optimization. Simulation 2022.1 lets users simplify models and perform topology optimization with quicker turnaround times, facilitating more design studies. Simulation 2022.1 also strengthens model interpretation with 1D inflation capabilities, the company says.

Radioss, employed by global industrial, research and development, and educational organizations to solve complex linear and nonlinear engineering problems is now available as an open-source solver called OpenRadioss, to bring together a worldwide community of experts and users to make the world a safer, greener place.

Simulation 2022.1 brings more open-source updates as well. Within the new UI Designer toolkit in Inspire, users can assemble designs with predefined objects, modify designs and save designs as a Python code skeleton that can be further developed.

Lastly, the update encourages users to take advantage of Altair Exchange, a collaborative forum where users can use shared spaces for fine-tuning models, finding better scripts, optimizing virtual workspaces and workflows, and more.