AMDC Access and License

Upgrade your Altair Material Data Center access to Explorer and ExplorerPlus to unlock all material data and the application features.

Basic access to AMDC is free. As a Guest user, open https://materials.altairone.com in a browser and view all available materials and names of material producers to explore the database. Create an Altair One account for free to unlock more information & use the advanced search tool.

Upgrade your license for Explorer or ExplorerPlus to unlock the full potential of the most comprehensive simulation-ready material database. These licenses offer advanced tools for studying properties, trade-offs, and calculating carbon footprint to help you select the best material for your product. You can also download material data sheets and high-fidelity simulation-ready CAE cards to simulate, validate, and optimize your product design.

A seamless integration into Altair’s desktop products lets you access multi-physics material properties and download simulation-ready CAE data directly inside Altair® HyperMesh®, Altair® SimLab®, Altair® Inspire™ Mold, Altair® Inspire™ Extrude Polymer, CADFEKO, and Altair Material Modeler.

Here are the different AMDC license types and its features:

Table 1. AMDC License Types and its Features Availability
Guest	Viewer	Explorer	ExplorerPlus
Browse the database for free, get a preview of all available materials and producers. View the list of all available materials View basic material data such as material type, producer, and a few properties	Create an Altair One account to unlock more details for free. View the list of all available materials View more material data Unlock Advanced Search	You get a lot more out of AMDC by upgrading to Explorer. View all available materials View all material data and plot data Find materials by Quick Search or combine complex search criteria using Advanced Search Compare materials, plot data, and study tradeoff Generate, download scatter plots View and download curve data Download PDF data sheets Download simulation-ready CAE cards for Altair solvers Manage, share favorites, and search results Fill in the gaps in material data	Upgrade to ExplorerPlus, and unlock all data & software features. View all material data and unlock access to Ziegler PEM database Search or combine complex search criteria using Advanced Search Compare materials, plot data, and study tradeoffs Generate, download scatter plots View and download curve data Download PDF data sheets Download simulation ready CAE cards for Altair solvers & third party tools Manage, share favorites, and search results Fill in the gaps in material data Study the CO₂ footprint of materials and processes

AMDC License Models

Named User License: A specific user is allotted to use named user license and the number of licenses purchased must correspond to the number of users. Administrator must ensure Named User group includes the users who will be using it.

Concurrent User Licenses: A concurrent license model permits a specified number of users to access AMDC at the same time, depending on the licenses purchased. A group of users can access the software, but only up to the maximum number of licenses at any given time.