Altair One License Features

Altair One License Features describes the availability of the Altair Suites and the applications belonging to the suite.

Altair Units has associated features and they checkout while using the related applications to function for the user. Additional or special features must be enabled in the license for the customer to start using them. Similarly for running simulations refer to Altair Solver for Solver Unit Draw.

The table below lists the hardware features ranging from Compute Base to GPU Premium, which are referred to as hardware features and are subject to availability within the license suite. Premium features used for creating or using premium infrastructure on Altair One may not be available in some license suites. If the features are enabled, the user can utilize the infrastructure by checking out a predetermined number of Altair Units.

The availability of these Altair features does not guarantee addition to the customer licenses. Altair One Features which enables HPC access, HPC feature addition to the license is provided after an evaluation and is on a case-by-case basis. For more information, contact your Account Manager or Altair Sales Admin team.

For more information on Altair Units Features for Head Node and MoM Nodes, refer to Altair Units Features and Node Instances

To access the HPC features, the following features are required:
  • HWAltairOneUser is required to access Altair Drive.
  • HWGraphicBase is required for launching remote desktops in the Sessions application.
  • HWComputeStandard is required for submitting a non-GPU jobs in the Jobs application.
  • HWGPUStandard is required for submitting a GPU job in the Jobs application.
Table 1. Altair One License Features
Feature Name Altair Unit Group
Data Analyst Mechanical Designer Industrial Designer Concept Engineer Mechanical Engineer Multiphysics /Mechtronics Engineer Enterprise Suite Product Engineer Electronic Design/ Engineer AEC Structural Engineer AEC Advanced Structural Engineer
HWAltairOneDesktop ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HWAltairOne EnterpriseUse ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HWAltairOneUser* ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HWAltairOneViewer* ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HWComputeBase* ✓     ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWComputeStandard* ✓       ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWComputePremium*         ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWGraphicBase* ✓     ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HWGraphicStandard* ✓       ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWGraphicPremium*         ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWGPUBase*         ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWGPUStandard*         ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWGPUPremium*         ✓ ✓ ✓       ✓
HWAltairOneBYOC         ✓ ✓ ✓        

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✓ The ticked Altair Unit Groups are available in Altair One License Feature.

* These marked special feature must be enabled by the Sales Admin team for a user. The team must ensure the GlobalZoneAM, GlobalZoneEU, and GlobalZoneAPAC or user's HSTD-All zones features are present in the user's license irrespective of the location.