Product Comparison

Comparison of functions available in SimSolid , SimSolid Standard, SimSolid Advanced, and and Inspire.

Note: The trial version/edition supports all functions supported by the Standard edition of SimSolid.

Capacity

Table 1.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Limits on assembly face facets No limits No limits 500k facets 500k facets No limits
Limits on parts in the CAD assembly No limits No limits 250 parts 250 parts No limits

Simulation Types

Table 2.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Structural linear Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contact non-linear Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Material non-linear Yes Yes No No No
Geometric non-linear Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Incremental geometric non-linear No Yes No No No
Temperature-dependent structural Yes Yes No No No
Linear buckling No Yes No No Yes
Structural sequential No Yes No No No
Structural thermal Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Multi-loadcases Yes Yes No No No
Structural superelement export Yes Yes No No No
Thermal steady state Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Thermal transient No Yes No No No
Non-linear thermal steady state Yes Yes No No No
Non-linear thermal transient No Yes No No No
Thermal imported Yes Yes No No No
Modal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Modal prestress No Yes No No Yes
Modal superelement export Yes Yes No No No
Linear dynamics (time, frequency, random response, spectrum) Yes Yes No No No
Frequency multi-loadcases No Yes No No No
Squeak and rattle No Yes No No No
Fatigue No Yes No No No
Structural superposition Yes Yes No No No
Structural envelope Yes Yes No No No
Thermal superposition Yes Yes No No No

Geometry Sources

Table 3.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Autodesk Fusion 360 direct integration Yes Yes No No No
Onshape direct integration Yes Yes No Yes No
Siemens NX direct integration Yes Yes No No No
Inspire direct integration Yes Yes No No No
SimLab direct integration Yes Yes No No No
STL files Yes Yes No No Yes
ACIS files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
CATIA (V4, V5, V6) files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
CGR files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Inventor files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
JT files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
NX files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Parasolid files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
PTC/Creo files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
SolidWorks files Yes Yes Yes No Yes
STEP files Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Material Properties

Table 4.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Isotropic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Orthotropic Yes Yes No No No
Rigid Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Non-linear table driven stress- strain curves Yes Yes No No No

Assembly

Table 5.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Inflated skins Yes Yes No No Yes
Composites Yes Yes No No No
Liquid Body Yes Yes No No No
Gas Body Yes Yes No No No

Connections

Table 6.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Bonded Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sliding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Separating contact with friction Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bolted Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual connectors Yes Yes No No
Spot welds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Laser welds Yes Yes No No No
Fillet/seam welds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Adhesives Yes Yes No No No
Align Yes Yes No No No
Clamping Yes Yes No No No

Boundary Conditions

Table 7.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Immovable constraint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sliding constraint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hinge constraint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spring support (elastic foundation) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Prescribed displacements Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alignment Yes Yes No No No
Cable tightening/Rod preload Yes Yes No No No
Pressure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Force Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gravity Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Heat flux Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Convection Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Volumetric heat Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Solar Load Yes Yes No No No
Remote Force/moment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bearing load Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bolt/nut preload Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hydrostatic load Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Wind Load Yes Yes No No No
Translational Inertia load Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rotational Inertia load Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Distributed mass Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Inertia relief Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Static Loads imported from CSV Yes Yes No No No
Dynamic loads imported from CSV Yes Yes No No No
Thermal loads imported from CSV Yes Yes No No No
Table driven dynamic loads Yes Yes No No No
Dynamic base excitation Yes Yes No No No

Results Output

Table 8.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Contour plots Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Animation (static and modal) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Max/min locations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Point value probes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XY plots Yes Yes No No No
Reaction/contact forces Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Safety factors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frequencies and mode shapes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bolt/nut resultant forces Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bolt internal forces Yes Yes No No No
Rivet forces Yes Yes No No No
Spot/seam weld resultant forces Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contact response Yes Yes No No No

User Productivity

Table 9.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Bookmark browser Yes Yes No No Yes
Save animation (as .mp4 files) Yes Yes No No Yes
Save images (as .png files) Yes Yes No No Yes
Units manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Default materials Yes Yes No No Yes
Custom graphics labels Yes Yes No No Yes
Standard views Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
User defined views Yes Yes No No Yes
Measurement tool Yes Yes No No Yes
Spot regions for custom load application Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Command Line Execution

Table 10.
Desktop Cloud Inspire
Standard Advanced Altair One Onshape
Installation Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes
Invocation Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes
Batch mode No Yes No No Yes