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Jeff Rowe
Jeffrey Rowe has over 40 years of experience in all aspects of industrial design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing. On the publishing side, he has written over 1,000 articles for CAD, CAM, CAE, and other technical publications, as well as consulting in many capacities in the design … More » Altair Engineering’s HyperWorks Technology Conference — Day 1April 29th, 2010 by Jeff Rowe
I attend a number of technical and engineering conferences over the course of a year, primarily CAD or CAM related, with some CAE thrown in. Some of the events are good, some are not so good, and some are just a waste of time. Right now I’m at a very interesting CAE event for the first time– Altair Engineering’s Hyperworks Technology Conference (HTC) 2010. From what I’ve experienced so far, I classify this event in the “good” category. The event showcases its unique product and service offerings, as well as its diverse user base that represents the automotive, aerospace, defense, consumer electronics, and, medical device industries. If you are not familiar with Altair Engineering, know that is one of the most significant players in design simulation and analysis with its Hyperworks technology whose product and service capabilities are available on a “pay as you go” basis. The plan is based on tokens purchased and used As far as the industries represented goes, today’s presentations were slanted a bit toward the automotive industry with talks from Ford, Porsche, Michigan Solar Car customers, and GM, but that’s OK – we are in the Detroit area, after all. I also spent some time with a couple folks involved with Altair’s industrial design tool, solidThinking. It’s a unique and very capable conceptual design tool that I will be spending hands-on time with over the next few weeks as the new version, 8.1, is due to ship in the near future. This blog post provides just a brief overview of the conference, but I’ll be going into more detail on specifics of what I experienced and who I talked to in the next MCAD Weekly that publishes May 10, 2010. Tags: Altair Engineering, analysis, CAE, HyperWorks, simulation, solidThinking 2 Responses to “Altair Engineering’s HyperWorks Technology Conference — Day 1” |
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Jeff … It’s good to see you blogging. I’m curious about the Solid Thinking product. It seems that there are more and more direct modeling solutions like KeyCreator and SpaceClaim entering the market. Is this Altair product their own creation or something based on an existing CAD platform?
Bob,
Sorry it’s taken me so long to get back with you.
Altair is a real top drawer company. It’s really only one of a few I would consider working for full time.
Anyway, solidThinking is their own creation, although I think they license the Parasolid geometric kernel.
What’s your current phone number? Mine is 719-221-1867. Would be great to catch up.
–JeffR