Altair Drive Desktop

Use Altair Drive Desktop to access and manage your files or folders from Windows Explorer.

The application provides live access to your Altair Drive account through Windows Explorer.

The application offers:

  • Easy access to your files or folders from Windows Explorer.
  • Automatic refresh of files and folders between the Altair Drive Desktop and Altair Drive applications.
  • A default auto-profile is created for a new user to connect to Altair Drive.
  • Create Profiles to connect with different Altair Drive Desktop Servers and manage your files and folders.
  • The default profile automatically connects and authenticates using Okta or Ory if logged into Altair One or Altair Drive. It also saves your login credentials for a week.
  • View your activities of the 50 most recent updates made to the connected profile.

  • Create a shortcut to quickly launch your mounted Altair Drive files using Windows Explorer.
  • Launch Remote Sessions by right-clicking a model result file.
  • Submit a job by right-clicking a solver input file.
  • Send a request to Altair Drive to generate a preview for your model files from Windows Explorer.
  • Initiate a version of a file to track changes and view its history.
  • Extract plot data to view and compare the plot results.
  • Share files or folders from Windows Explorer.
  • View the files or folders shared with you by other users.
  • Access the files or folders shared by administrator.
  • View your storage space usage from Home.