Altair Engineering

Altair Engineering, Inc., announce that Volvo 3P Cab Engineering, based in Lyon, France, has introduced new complex material laws in their RADIOSS models to better predict the behavior of ductile cast-iron parts in crash simulations.

Altair Engineering Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that Team Invictus, a dedicated group of Airbus engineers and professional sailors, has deployed the HyperWorks suite of simulation tools to aid in the design of a new racing catamaran. The Bristol-based team, sponsored by Airbus, is leveraging the flexible model build and optimisation technologies within HyperWorks to minimise development time and overall weight for their bespoke racing catamaran. The team is scheduled to enter the vessel for the International C-class Catamaran Challenge (I4C) at the New York Yacht Club later this year, a competition not won by a British team for almost 40 years.

Altair, today announced the addition to its HyperWorks Enabled Community (HWEC) of Moldex3D by CoreTech System Co., Ltd., a developer of professional CAE analysis solutions for the plastic injection molding industry. HyperWorks users can now download the latest version of Moldex3D from the HWEC website at www.hyperworkscommunity.com and use Moldex3D at no incremental cost through their existing HyperWorks software license system. To date, over 295 companies worldwide have joined the HyperWorks Enabled Community.

Altair Engineering a global leader in technologies and services for managing the world’s most compute-intensive workloads, today announced the immediate availability of PBS Works 10.2. This latest version builds upon the proven scalability and availability of PBS Professional® for workload scheduling; delivers a Web-based version of PBS Catalyst ™, an intelligent job management portal; and delivers additional charting and scalability enhancements to PBS Analytics™, for visualizing complex HPC workloads and optimizing application software licenses to support data-driven decision making.

Altair Engineering, Inc., announced today that Altair ProductDesign has collaborated with Summitech Engineering, a subsidiary of Tempo Group, to develop an efficient method for creating correlated passenger car multi-body dynamics (MBD) models without requiring OEM information. The process employs a combination of computer simulation and physical testing performed at Altair’s Troy, Mich. world headquarters and Summitech’s, Detroit Technical Center in Canton, Mich.

Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, has named Dr. Dhirendra Verma as vice president of Altair ProductDesign India. In this newly created role, Dr. Verma will have primary responsibility for Altair’s consulting services operations in India and support the company’s global product development consultancy business with off-shore capacity.

Altair Engineering Ltd, announced today that Altair ProductDesign, the product development consultancy division of Altair, has opened a new Bristol office to improve services to clients throughout the South West of the UK. Optimsation specialist, Paul Kirkham has been appointed as the regional team leader of the new site and will be responsible for ensuring that local clients will gain access to the outstanding service levels synonymous with Altair ProductDesign.

Before Xerox Corporation launched the ColorQubeTM 9200 Series, the high print quality of the device was proven through detailed computer simulations performed by Altair ProductDesign, Inc., a global product development consultancy and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc.

Altair announced the addition to its HyperWorks Enabled Community (HWEC) of Coustyx from Advanced Numerical Solutions, LLC (ANSOL), a developer of innovative solutions for design and analysis of mechanical systems.

Altair Engineering, announced that it has launched the HyperWorks Durability Director. Deeply integrated with HyperWorks CAE platform, Durability Director is a highly tailored, end-to-end solution for managing the many different aspects of durability simulation. This includes duty cycle specification, system-level testing, component analysis, fatigue simulation and specialized post-processing.

Altair Engineering, Inc., announced today that Peugeot Sport, the racing department of the Peugeot brand, has chosen the HyperWorks Suite to optimize composite development processes.

Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that Aerostruktur Faserverbundtechnik GmbH, a Germany-based aerospace supplier, has chosen HyperWorks, Altair's computer aided engineering (CAE) suite, to reduce modeling time and to accelerate the overall development process.

Altair Engineering, Inc today announced record attendance numbers for the 2009 European HTC. The 3rd European HyperWorks Technology Conference took place from November 2nd until 4th in Ludwigsburg, Germany. More than 500 engineers, managers, and simulation experts from 250 companies and 20 countries came to Ludwigsburg to experience the latest news and trends in enterprise simulation and to exchange experiences with other HyperWorks users.

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced implementation of a new analysis process that drastically reduces the simulation time needed for virtual crash testing. To achieve these results, Altair worked closely with Intel Corporation using the latest Intel software tools and compilers to optimize communications schemes and extract the best performance using an Intel cluster based on Intel microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem.

Altair Engineering announces that Geometric SAS, the French subsidiary of Geometric Limited has added the HyperWorks platform to its preferred set of CAE tools. HyperWorks will be used to provide finite element (FE), optimization, and modeling services to all of Geometric’s European customers, especially in the automotive industry.

Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that ATR INGENIERIE, a leading French engineering service provider, has selected HyperWorks, Altair’s CAE suite, to further streamline the company's engineering capabilities for projects within its mechanical engineering division.

Altair announces a very successful first year of operating its HyperWorks Enabled Community (HWEC). To date, more than 200 companies worldwide have joined the HWEC and gained access to partner applications at no incremental cost using their existing HyperWorks software licenses.

Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that Altair ProductDesign has successfully collaborated with Daimler to achieve crashworthiness performance targets on the smart fortwo passenger vehicle through the joint development of the car’s multiple safety systems. Following the successful release of the new generation of the smart fortwo in Europe 2007, the latest published results from NHTSA and IIHS show that this small premium vehicle also passed the US ratings with outstanding results.

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced today that EADS Innovation Works — the global network of Technical Capability Centers operating the corporate Research & Technology laboratories — has recently benchmarked the HyperWorks CAE platform for functional and physical simulation tasks and has again recommended its use to the engineers of the EADS Group and its divisions Airbus, Eurocopter, EADS Astrium and EADS Defence & Security. The Simulation and Graphical Technologies Team of EADS Innovation Works has been using HyperWorks successfully for more than seven years. The department is constantly looking for the best tools to guarantee the technical innovation potential of EADS with a focus on the long-term horizon. The strategic decision for the HyperWorks suite will help EADS engineers in many different areas to develop their products better and faster. Dealing with highly complex systems the special research emphasis is placed on uncertainty management and methods to enhance the robustness,

Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that MECAPLAST Group, France, one of the leading European automotive suppliers, has extended its use of HyperWorks to optimize its automotive products for weight and performance. Altair’s CAE software family will be used within the Finite Element Analysis Department for the Body Skills Centre of the company, which is working closely with the Design Department and the Test & Validation Laboratory of MECAPLAST Group to evaluate technical specifications of its customers via simulation and to provide mechanical improvements toward a ‘right-at-first-time’ solution. In addition, the department is also working on the optimization of injection molded trim components taking into account tooling constraints.