User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

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Sketching
Create and edit a 2D sketch curve. A sketch curve is any "wire" entity such as a line, rectangle, circle, or arc.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Sketching
Curves
Surfaces
PolyNURBS
Modify
Direct
Deform
Analysis
Dimensions
Drawing
Rendering
Animation
Die Design
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

What's New
Discover new features and enhancements.
Get Started
New to Inspire Studio? Learn the basics here.
Tutorials
Start using Inspire Studio with our interactive tutorials.
Sketching
Create and edit a 2D sketch curve. A sketch curve is any "wire" entity such as a line, rectangle, circle, or arc.
- Point/Line
  Sketch and edit a point, line, polyline, or line-arc.
- Rectangles
  Sketch and edit a rectangle.
- Polygons
  Sketch and edit a parallelogram or a regular polygon.
- Circles
  Sketch and edit a circle.
- Arcs
  Sketch and edit an arc.
- Ellipses
  Sketch and edit an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
- Splines
  Sketch and edit a spline.
- Trim/Divide
  Trim or divide a sketch curve.
- Offset/Mirror
  Offset or mirror a sketch curve.
- Extend
  Extend or shorten an entity of a sketch curve.
- Fillet
  Round the corners of 2D sketch curves to create fillets with the same radius or different radii.
- Import Entities
  Import geometry that was not created using a sketching tool by projecting it onto a sketch plane as construction geometry.
- Dimension
  Apply and edit a dimensional constraint to control the size and proportions of a sketch. You can make a dimension "driven" so that it's a regular dimension, not a constraint.
- Set Sketch Plane
  Change the sketch plane of an existing sketch curve.
- Image Plane
  Create an image plane that you can use as a background reference image, so you can trace lines and curves to start your design.
- Sketch Constraints
  Apply geometric relationships such as tangency and perpendicularity to sketch curves.
Curves
Create and edit 3D curves by extending, rebuilding, intersecting, splitting, and projecting the shapes.
Surfaces
Create and edit 3D surfaces and solids by creating primitives or editing existing curves and surfaces.
PolyNURBS
Create polygonal surfaces that can easily be converted into NURBS surfaces. PolyNURBS combines the ease and simplicity of polygonal modeling with the precision and flexibility of NURBS, allowing you to quickly create free-form solid geometry that is smooth and continuous.
Modify
Create new objects by manipulating and modifying source objects.
Direct
Quickly modify objects that are not a part of Construction History.
Deform
Deform one or more objects with respect to an axis.
Analysis
Measure dimensions, analyze curvature, check for continuity and watertightness, analyze the draft, detect undercuts, and create design iterations on the fly.
Dimensions
Dimension a line, edge, bounding box, angle, and radius/diameter in order to create objects which must fit predefined dimensions. You can also insert a general annotation to label the parts of your model.
Drawing
Create detailed 2D drawings of the selected parts of a complex 3D model from multiple perspectives.
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Animation
In Inspire Studio you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.
Die Design
Create a draw die in Inspire Studio that you can export to Inspire Form to perform a stamping simulation.
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
You can use C++ and Python to add custom operations and file formats.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021.0.1

Home
Sketching
Create and edit a 2D sketch curve. A sketch curve is any "wire" entity such as a line, rectangle, circle, or arc.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Sketching
Curves
Surfaces
PolyNURBS
Modify
Direct
Deform
Analysis
Dimensions
Drawing
Rendering
Animation
Die Design
Custom Plug-ins and Scripts
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Sketching

Create and edit a 2D sketch curve. A sketch curve is any "wire" entity such as a line, rectangle, circle, or arc.

Point/Line
Sketch and edit a point, line, polyline, or line-arc.
Rectangles
Sketch and edit a rectangle.
Polygons
Sketch and edit a parallelogram or a regular polygon.
Circles
Sketch and edit a circle.
Arcs
Sketch and edit an arc.
Ellipses
Sketch and edit an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
Splines
Sketch and edit a spline.
Trim/Divide
Trim or divide a sketch curve.
Offset/Mirror
Offset or mirror a sketch curve.
Extend
Extend or shorten an entity of a sketch curve.
Fillet
Round the corners of 2D sketch curves to create fillets with the same radius or different radii.
Import Entities
Import geometry that was not created using a sketching tool by projecting it onto a sketch plane as construction geometry.
Dimension
Apply and edit a dimensional constraint to control the size and proportions of a sketch. You can make a dimension "driven" so that it's a regular dimension, not a constraint.
Set Sketch Plane
Change the sketch plane of an existing sketch curve.
Image Plane
Create an image plane that you can use as a background reference image, so you can trace lines and curves to start your design.
Sketch Constraints
Apply geometric relationships such as tangency and perpendicularity to sketch curves.

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