Innovative Design Solutions for Iconic Architecture
Altair HyperWorks provides cutting-edge design solutions for architectural firms worldwide, enabling them to create iconic structures that push the boundaries of innovation. By modeling and predicting complex structural behavior, wind effects, seismic responses, and other performance factors, Altair's solutions optimize structure performance and ensure compliance with safety, code, and cost requirements. The platform enables teams to solve challenges related to super-tall buildings, industrial structures, communication towers, and more, empowering them to deliver sustainable and sophisticated designs.
Simplified FEA Analysis without Meshing
Altair HyperWorks offers a breakthrough technology that allows civil engineers to analyze fully featured CAD assemblies rapidly, eliminating the need for geometry simplification and meshing. This streamlined process enables the exploration of multiple design options, even for intricate and large assemblies, at exceptional speeds. By leveraging this technology, engineering teams can enhance efficiency, reduce design risks, and meet project deadlines effectively.
Streamlined Structural Engineering Solutions
Altair's structural engineering solutions streamline workflows within the AEC industry through comprehensive data transfer links that facilitate seamless import/export cycles with BIM and CAD platforms. These solutions ensure workflow productivity and data integrity while conducting advanced structural analyses and code performance assessments for various building materials and local design codes. By integrating advanced optimization techniques, Altair enables clients to achieve high-performance, simulation-driven design that minimizes risks, accelerates design cycles, and reduces costs.
Optimizing Wind Impact in Large Buildings
Altair empowers architects and engineers to address the critical impact of wind pressures on large structures by offering virtual wind tunnel testing powered by computational fluid dynamics insights. This technology accurately models wind pressures, provides rapid results, and allows designers to explore and refine concepts based on simulations. By leveraging Altair's digital wind solutions, teams can enhance pedestrian comfort, optimize structures, and ensure the structural integrity of their designs.
Enhanced Façade Engineering and Manufacturing
Altair's comprehensive approach to façade system design encompasses structural engineering, thermal analysis, manufacturing, and protective design. The technology seamlessly integrates structural integrity assessments, thermal analysis for energy consumption, blast simulations for protective design, and manufacturing feasibility models for creating end-to-end façade solutions. This multi-disciplinary approach supports the design and development of modern, sustainable façade systems that meet the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and aesthetic appeal.