Inspire Print3D enables teams to cut product development and additive manufacturing costs by reducing material usage, print times and post processing. It provides a fast and accurate toolset for the design and process simulation of selective laser melting (SLM) parts. The easy to use advanced thermo-mechanical simulation enables design engineers to develop parts ready for additive manufacturing. By capturing behavior independent of the printer type, with Inspire Print3D designers can evaluate and easily modify critical process variables. Reducing expensive trial and error by simulating part build, cooling, cutting and springback, Inspire Print3D delivers designs having the fewest supports, optimally oriented on the print bed. Engineers can quickly understand changes to process or design that effect manufacturing efficiency then export part and support structure geometry to major printer preparation software for printing. Inspire Print3D simplifies the identification and correction of potential deformation, delamination and excessive heating issues before building a part. |
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Reduce Cost
Minimize part supports, correct potential defects, such as part deformation, delamination and overheating before printing to effectively enhance product design and reduce post-processing efforts.
Increase Efficiency
From generative design to manufacturability assessment, use performance and manufacturing simulation tools in a single environment that is fast, easy, accurate, and affordable.
Optimal Parts
Create best performing designs for the SLM process by applying advanced thermo-mechanical simulation to reduce post-processing and avoid expensive trial-and-error.
Functions
Part and Supports Design Generate support structures as part of the design process; interactively create and edit supports within the same environment as the designed part. |
Easy-to-learn Environment The intuitive, process-driven user experience enables users to gain deep manufacturing insights quickly, driving faster and better design decisions. |
Printing Analysis Run the embedded thermo-mechanical solver to accurately simulate the entire printing process from building and cooling to cutting and springback. |
Identify Defects Easily detect and plot defects - large deformation, excessive heating, delamination - to aid design or process modification. |
Materials and Printers Select from the growing library of additive manufacturing materials and standard printers included or apply a variety of advanced options for a customized setup. |
Ready for Printing Assess the part layer-by-layer to validate its geometry even before any 3D printing analysis is performed, then export a file containing the prepped part and supports. |
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The #1 Generative Design Software Supplier
Altair is ranked as the Overall Leader in the Generative Design field by ABI Research, an independent technology intelligence firm.
ABI Research study compares nine generative design software suppliers to offer an unbiased assessment and ranking. Only platforms with a dedicated market focus on industrial and manufacturing were considered.
Altair's main competitors were also evaluated in this report.
Altair Scheduled Classes
Learning available at your fingertips!
Altair offers a variety of training resources that improve customer productivity with Altair software. Courses are available for both professional and academic users. The resources available include the following:
- Classroom courses scheduled globally
- Virtual courses in all time zones
- Access to eLearning for learning at any time
- Direct access to our support forums
Altair University
The home for Altair Training & Academic Programs
Altair facilitates a source of instructive training programs, tutorials and other learning materials with Altair University. Software users from the Altair platform, but also students can go here for learning purposes or amplify their knowledge of the software.
For example, as a user on this platform you will find the Training Program with an overview of (virtual) training, tutorials, ebooks and learning materials that you can follow at your own pace. Students can go to the Academic Program for free software licenses, academic learning tools, tutorials, ebooks and even internships!
You can also use the Altair Support Forum at Altair University where you can go for specific user questions.
Get access to the most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry, which offers the best technologies to design and optimize high performance, weight efficient and innovative products.
Altair Product Documentation
This is the most comprehensive Altair Documentation Hub on the internet. On this page, you will find all the product-specific help manuals and release notes (HTML and PDF) you'll need for your Altair Software.
System Requirements
Software:
- Windows 10 to 11 - 64 Bit
System requirements:
- Intel Core2Duo processor or higher
- 4 GB RAM
- Video card 256+ MB 100% OpenGL
- 3-button mouse with scroll function
Video card
* If you are looking for a new system or upgrade, please pay extra attention to the video card. We do recommend video cards with a nVidia RTX chip. These cards support OpenGL very well and have qualitative drivers.
At this moment, there's no macOS version of Altair Inspire™ Print3D available. People who are interested in Altair Inspire™ Print3D, can run the program via Bootcamp.
At this moment, there's no Linux version of Altair Inspire™ Print3D available.
Purchase
Altair Units
You do not buy a user license for Altair Inspire Structures, but you can open the software if you have the right amount of Altair Units. Altair Units can be leased per year and the great thing is that with the right amount of Units you can also open other Altair Inspire titles. This means that you do not need to have a separate user licenses for all software titles, but you buy a number of Units that suits your wishes and needs in terms of software functionality and use.
The Altair Units can be freely distributed within your organization. This allows you to give everyone access to the software you want. This makes Altair Units the most flexible software licensing model available!
ALTAIR INSPIRE BROCHURES
View the brochures below to discover how the Altair Inspire™ products meet industry requirements.
Altair Inspire for Industrial Design
Altair Inspire for Consumer Goods
Altair Inspire for Automotive
Altair Inspire for Marine
More Info?
Would you like more information about Altair Inspire™ Print3D?
Please contact us at:
Phone +31 344 577 884
E-mail info@design8.eu