Altair® Copilot (Beta)

AI assistant for Altair HyperWorks.

Altair Copilot is an AI-powered support assistant that understands natural language and can answer questions based exclusively on Altair's online help material and other Altair knowledge sources. It is available in several Altair applications.


Figure 1.

Start Altair Copilot

  1. In the upper-right corner of the application window, click Altair Copilot (Beta) , or click View > Altair Copilot (Beta).
  2. In the Ask a question field, enter a question and press Enter or click the Send button to submit it.
    Tip:
    • Altair Copilot keeps track of the current and last question, so when you ask a follow-up question, you can assume it remembers the last question and response. For example, after asking How do I create a lofted surface?, Altair Copilot understands this type of follow-up question: That’s great, but can I retain only intersecting points?
    • If Altair Copilot is unable to answer your question, try rewording the question using more general terms. For example saying "rigids" or “RBEs” will yield better results than "spiders."
    • To use Altair Copilot's scripting capabilities (beta), add the #script or /script keyword anywhere in your question to get a script-based answer.

      For example, if you enter #script create a dialog with OK and Cancel buttons, Altair Copilot will display Python code that you can use to create a dialog with OK and Cancel buttons.

    • To remove a question from your history, click Clear question from history .
  3. To hide the chat interface, click Altair Copilot (Beta) . Click it again to return to your questions.
  4. Drag or double-click the window header to undock or reposition the window to another location within the application.


    Figure 2.

Knowledge Resources

Altair Copilot uses an active internet connection to process your questions and can only return answers from Altair's own online help and some additional knowledge resources, such as the Altair Community Knowledge Base, Altair How-To video libraries, and Altair Learning materials, for example. It understands and responds in multiple languages, with the input language detected automatically. The coverage of Altair's knowledge resources is continuously expanding.
Note: Please do not submit questions that include personal or sensitive information.

In contrast with other AI chat solutions, the hallucination phenomenon—where the AI invents non-existent answers—is vastly minimized due to its constrained context approach. However, it can still retrieve an incorrect answer or fail to find the answer, depending on the specific qualities of the question and Altair’s own documentation sources.

The list of topics from which answers are retrieved is automatically narrowed based on the active application and solver profile. For example, if you are using HyperMesh with the OptiStruct profile, Altair Copilot only provides answers related to either HyperMesh or OptiStruct.

Altair Copilot is currently available in the following applications in Altair HyperWorks:
  • Desktop applications:
    • HyperMesh
    • HyperMesh CFD
    • HyperView
    • HyperGraph
    • MotionView
    • HyperMesh NVH
    • HyperLife
  • Solvers and solver profiles:
    • OptiStruct
    • Radioss
    • MotionSolve
    • AcuSolve