The solidThking suite, which encompasses nine applications, including the Inspire generative design and topology optimization simulation tool and Evolve 3D hybrid modeling and rendering environment, has traditionally been licensed as individual products. “We are bringing the design community closer to simulation, bridging the gap between design and analysis in a form that is easy to utilize, procure and experience,” says Ravi Kunju, Altair’s senior vice president of Business Development and Strategy. Under the sTU licensing scheme, customers gain access to all software titles in the solidThinking suite in addition to the ability to run those capabilities on-demand on local platforms or in the cloud, depending on their preferred deployment model.Īltair sees the units-based licensing model as a way to promote greater use of simulation, particularly for smaller firms that have limited simulation resources or that have been shut out of widespread use of simulation because that don’t have access to a solution that cost effectively scales with growth. The company’s patented units-based licensing model is now being offered as s olidThinking Units (sTUs) designed to help small- and mid-sized organizations tap into simulation more readily as a critical asset for facilitating product innovation and efficient design. Altair, which did its part to promote more widespread use of simulation and modeling with a novel approach to software licensing for its HyperWorks portfolio, is now extending the model to its solidThinking suite.

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