News

Giant Rolls Royce turbofan engine design gets £2M grant for topology optimisation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 21, 2017

The next generation of Rolls Royce UltraFan engine architecture has received a £1.998M grant from the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)…

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Old VW gets a future facelift with 3D printed front-end by Altair and EOS

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 30, 2017

In its bid to convince the automotive world to stop bashing out bits of steel and to do something altogether…

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Altair HyperWorks gets a composites simulation boost with acquisition of Componeering

Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 20, 2017

Componeering’s ESAComp solves challenging post-buckling of thin airframe structures Altair has acquired Componeering, a Finnish technology company specialising in structural…

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Altair heats-up its interest in cooling with TES acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2018

ElectroFlo’s applications range from consumer electronics to automotive, like the Bussed Electrical Center (BEC) shown here Michigan-based TES International is…

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CAD

Review: solidThinking Inspire 2018

Posted by Al Dean - May 3, 2018

Topology optimisation is all the rage these days, but Altair's solidThinking Inspire has long been ahead of the game. With…

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Altair gets the nod to distribute GE’s engine system modelling tool

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 16, 2018

Flow Simulator model of a GE aircraft engine Altair and GE have signed a multi-year software agreement making the former…

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Automotive industry sheds weight for amazing Altair Enlighten Awards

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 31, 2018

The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado is over 200kg lighter than its predecessor thanks to some thoughtful design and engineering that have…

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Features

Renderers for Rhino

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 13, 2018

Rhino has its own built in renderer, but anyone that's tried it will know that it has its own limitations.…

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Altair acquires SimSolid, citing ‘profound impact’ it will have on product design

Posted by Al Dean - October 23, 2018

Altair has announced that it is acquiring SimSolid, an FEA start-up that has focussed on a meshes approach that dramatically…

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Features

Sit-ski – Carving a new path

Posted by Develop 3D - January 10, 2019

The lightweight Sit-ski could open up new ways for disabled skiers to conquer the slopes, thanks in part to the…

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