Welcome to Altair Inspire Structures Course


The goal of this course is to teach you the essentials for analyzing and optimizing models using Altair Inspire.


What to Expect from this Course

By the end of this course, you will know how to:

  • Navigating through Inspire interface.
  • Setting up model for analysis.
  • Geometry Preparation and simplification within inspire using Geometry tools.
  • Topology, Topography, Gauge & Lattice optimization.
  • Trace over optimized results with precision, ease and efficiency using PolyNURBS.


Application Engineer

Syed Saif Ali

Ali is an application engineer at Futurescape, and has trained a number of clients in the use of Ansys and Altair products. He is also has extensive experience creating CAD and CAE models for a variety of industries. Feel free to reach out to Ali @ [email protected]

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Section 0 - Introduction

    • Welcome!

    • Welcome

    • Agenda

    • Introduction

    • Basic Interaction with Inspire

    • Basic Interaction with Inspire

    • Task 1: Play around
  • 2

    Section 1 - Geometry Preparation

    • Sketch

    • Text: Sketch

    • Video: Create Geometry

    • Text: Create Geometry

    • Video: Modifying Geometry

    • Text: Modifying Geometry

    • Exercise 1A : Design from Scratch

    • Exercise 1B: Prepare Design Space with Simplify and Partition
  • 3

    Section 2 - Connections

    • Video: Fasteners

    • Text: Fasteners

    • Video: Joints

    • Text: Joints

    • Video: Connectors, Spot Welds and Contacts

    • Text: Connectors, Spot Welds and Contacts

    • Exercise: 2A -Creating Connections

    • Exercise: 2B Spot Welds
  • 4

    Section 3 - Model Setup

    • Overview

    • Overview

    • Video: Loads and Support

    • Text: Loads and Support

    • Video: Displacement, Acceleration Temperature, Gravity & Materials

    • Text: Displacement, Acceleration Temperature, Gravity & Materials

    • Video: Concentrated Mass, Systems & Mesh Controls

    • Text: Concentrated Mass, Systems & Mesh Controls

    • Exercise 3: Model Setup
  • 5

    Section 4 - Analysis Setup

    • Text: Introduction to Analysis

    • Video: Run Analysis

    • Text: Run Analysis

    • Video: Analysis Explorer and result types

    • Text: Analysis Explorer

    • Text: Result Types

    • Exercise
  • 6

    Section 5 - SimSolid Analysis

    • SimSolid vs. OptiStruct Analysis

    • Video: SimSolid Intro and Analysis

    • Introduction to SimSolid Analysis

    • Running Analysis

    • Exercise 5A: Running an Analysis (SimSolid Solver)
  • 7

    Section - 6 Topology Optimization

    • Introduction to Topology Optimization

    • Video: Topology Optimization Setup

    • Topology Optimization Setup

    • Video: Running and Analyzing results

    • Running Topology Optimization

    • Analyzing Topology Optimization Results

    • Video: Polynurbs

    • Introduction to PolyNURBS

    • Exercise 6A -Running a Topology Optimization

    • Exercise 6B- Re-Analyze and Compare Results
  • 8

    Section - 7 Topography, Gauge & Lattice Optimization

    • Topography Optimization

    • Gauge Optimization

    • Lattice Optimization

    • Video: Topography, Gauge & Lattice optimization

    • Exercise 7A -Running a Topography Optimization

    • Exercise 7B -Running a Gauge Optimization

    • Exercise 7C -Optimizing Lattice

    • Course Feedback