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Altair® HyperWorks® 2025

The One and Only Best-In-Class CAE Design and Simulation Platform

Altair® HyperWorks®, the number one design and simulation platform, empowers engineers with a comprehensive suite of CAE software for an array of industries. Harnessing the power of computational science, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI), Altair HyperWorks 2025 features significant advancements in AI-powered engineering and optimization, mechanical and electronics systems design, and simulation-driven design. This release seamlessly integrates finite element analysis software alongside multiphysics and material simulation, empowering teams to solve complex, interconnected challenges. Automation removes repetitive tasks, while customizable workflows give engineers the flexibility to adapt the platform to their needs. With a connected digital thread linking every phase of development and cloud scalability driving collaboration, Altair HyperWorks enables teams to innovate faster, streamline processes, and design for sustainability.

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AI-Powered Engineering and Optimization

Altair continues to pull away from the competition with our unparalleled AI-powered engineering, machine learning, and optimization capabilities. Powered by scalable computing, enhanced physics prediction solutions use a new transformer architecture to identify complex data relationships, improving data preparation and enabling accurate predictions even with incomplete datasets. Optimized machine learning metrics prevent extrapolations and reduce errors, while HPC accelerates model training and enables 3D visualization for deeper insights in cloud-based simulation workflows. Additionally, advancements in reduced order modeling (ROM) enable faster, more accurate simulations of nonlinear systems.

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Cloud-Based and SaaS Solutions

Embracing the shift to cloud-based and SaaS solutions, Altair is democratizing access to advanced engineering simulations with flexible infrastructure. New to the Altair HyperWorks platform, Altair® DSim™ brings cloud scalability for semiconductor design through a transformative SaaS model, offering pay-as-you-go licensing for unlimited simulations without upfront costs. In the realm of AI-powered engineering, the scalable cloud computing infrastructure of Altair One® empowers engineers to make large-scale physics predictions quickly and accurately. Our cloud-ready platform manages simulation processes and data, ensuring real-time access, fostering collaboration, and supporting seamless digital transformation across teams.

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Automation and Customization

Companies need tools that adapt to unique workflows while automating routine processes. New Python APIs automate repetitive tasks, query results, and efficiently generate reports. For large-scale operations, dedicated automation tools enable batch execution and leverage task libraries to streamline complex workflows. Customization empowers users to adapt tools to specific requirements, such as fine-tuning simulation workflows, defining particle interactions for applications like agriculture and pharmaceuticals, or tailoring material models to meet precise performance criteria, ensuring solutions meet any project’s demands.

Altair HyperWorks 2025 Highlights: Innovating with Every Release

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Digital Engineering: A Connected Ecosystem

Digital twin and digital thread technologies enable seamless data flow and enhance connectivity throughout the product life cycle. Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) now ensures even greater traceability and collaboration, while real-time monitoring and expanded hardware compatibility strengthens the connection between virtual simulations and physical systems. Centralized part and subsystem management improves scalability, simulation process data management enhances traceability with versioning and performance dashboards, and private material databases provide a single source of truth to guide sustainable material decisions with tools like carbon dioxide (CO₂) footprint analysis.

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Solver Efficiency

Optimizing solver performance is key to accelerating simulation-driven innovation while maintaining accuracy. The "One Model, One Solver" approach in Altair® OptiStruct® enables seamless transitions between implicit and explicit analyses, eliminating the need for multiple solver setups and streamlining structural simulation workflows. AI-powered advancements further enhance efficiency, with Altair® PhysicsAI™ models now deployable as solvers, allowing users to replace traditional numerical solvers with AI-augmented alternatives—accelerating simulations while maintaining accuracy.

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Multiphysics Simulation for Electronics

The latest multiphysics simulation updates make it easier to manage thermal, electromagnetic, and power interactions in electronics design. New ECAD meshing improvements streamline workflows for electronics cooling and durability analysis, reducing setup time and improving structural predictions. Electromagnetic-thermal coupling now provides a more accurate view of temperature distribution and system performance, ensuring better heat loss assessment and power efficiency. Updates to power electronics simulation improve motor drive and converter modeling, enhancing system-level optimization.

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CAE as a Design Tool

Altair continues to make CAE an essential design tool by offering designer-friendly capabilities for structural, fluid, and motion analysis – alongside manufacturability and optimization workflows. Altair® CoPilot™ Beta, an intelligent AI-assistant embedded within Inspire, provides on-demand guidance, Q&A, and workflow support, while new tools like image planes for sketching and expanded implicit modeling streamline geometry creation and exploration. Enhanced features – such as warpage prediction for molding, parameterized optimization for forming, and refined workflows for casting and extrusion – enable earlier, more accurate design validation.

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Advanced Material Simulation

As material complexity, sustainability demands, and AI-powered workflows advance, Altair’s material solutions give users the tools they need to lead. With Altair’s material solutions, organizations can source, standardize, and simulate high-fidelity material data for advanced materials like composites, polymers, and additive manufacturing. Engineers can optimize designs, meet sustainability goals through CO₂ footprint analysis and compliance checks, and reduce costly physical testing by leveraging AI to fill in missing information (material parameters, curves, non-numerical metadata).

Particle Simulation

Continuing to set the industry standard for Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulation, new physics models enhance workflow efficiency and improve the realistic representation of fibers and particles. Updates—including advanced bonding and liquid interaction models—support applications in agriculture, batteries, and pharmaceuticals. Expanded customization options give users greater control over particle interactions and provide deeper insights through real-time data collection.

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Altair HyperWorks 2025 Product Updates

AI-Powered Engineering

Automation and Collaboration

Electronics

Fluids

Discrete Element Modeling and Multibody Dynamics

Materials

Simulation-Driven Design for Manufacturing

Structural Analysis

System Modeling

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