Altair Releases Student Edition Of HyperWorks CAE Software
TROY -- The simulation technology and engineering services provider Altair Engineering Inc. Monday announced the release of the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition, a personal academic version of the popular suite of computer-aided engineering software used by manufacturers around the world.
The Student Edition offers affordable opportunities for engineering and design students to gain experience in computer simulation with the same software that engineering professionals use to design and develop everything from aircraft and automobiles to computer chips and golf clubs.
As part of the program's global roll-out, the first 200 students in each country to register at the Altair Online Store will receive the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition for free.
"Simulation is the fastest-growing market sector in the PLM market, from the earliest phases of conceptual design through to manufacturing the product, and demand is high for graduates with simulation experience," said Matthias Goelke, business development director for academic markets at Altair Engineering. "Our goal with this program is simply to make our commercial tools and training materials more broadly available to students to expose and encourage careers in engineering and CAE."
The HyperWorks Student Edition is available for purchase now through Altair's Online Store (https://secure.altair.com/onlinestore) and includes access to core HyperWorks commercial technologies that support the complete CAE workflow process for various solution types and applications.
These include: HyperMesh for modeling and pre-processing, RADIOSS for linear and nonlinear analysis, OptiStruct for topology and topography design optimization and composites simulation and optimization, HyperView for results visualization and post-processing, HyperGraph for data analysis and plotting, and HyperWorks Collaboration Tools for personal simulation management.
The HyperWorks Student Edition program further extends and complements Altair's ongoing academia support initiatives, which include discounted university licensing programs, Altair's University Fellowship program and collegiate competitions like Formula SAE. A key differentiator of the Student Edition program is that, for a nominal fee, students can install HyperWorks locally on their personal hardware and access self-guided training materials for independent study outside of the university network infrastructure.
With the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition, students receive an extended set of e-learning tutorials and a complementary starter kit manual -- a HyperWorks best-practices guide for beginners. The Student Edition also contains a simplified FEM process guide embedded within the software. The guide is especially valuable to students who do not have knowledge of the syntax of a finite-element solver or the HyperWorks philosophy. This highly automated process reduces the user interaction to a minimum and thus becomes an extremely helpful tool. Additional online training resources include Altair's Academic Blog (www.altairuniversity.com), a HyperWorks knowledge repository that focuses specifically on the needs of students, teachers and researchers.
More details about the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition can be found at: http://www.altairhyperworks.com/student.
