User Guide: Altair Inspire Studio 2021

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Analysis
Measure dimensions, analyze curvature, check for continuity and watertightness, analyze the draft, detect undercuts, and create design iterations on the fly.

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

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.
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.
- Distance
  Measure the distance between two points.
- Curve Length/Sublength
  Measure the length of an entire curve and a subcurve.
- View a Curve Plot
  Display a curvature plot to see how the curvature varies along a curve.
- Measure the Surface Curvature
  Measure the curvature of a surface.
- Continuity Check
  Check for surface continuity at joined edges.
- Area/Volume
  Calculate the area, volume, mass, and moments of inertia of one or more objects. If an object isn't a closed solid, open edges are displayed in red.
- Tolerance Check
  Check if an object is a closed solid.
- Draft Analysis
  Analyze the draft and detect undercuts when designing a product that is manufactured using injection molding.
- Design Table
  Create design iterations on the fly using a design table, where you can quickly modify and set thresholds for the various parameters of a model, including sketch dimensions, without having to dig through construction history. You can create multiple snapshot tables, setting different values for variables in each table. Then you can export the file (model with design table) to HyperStudy to test and explore design alternatives.
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

Home
Analysis
Measure dimensions, analyze curvature, check for continuity and watertightness, analyze the draft, detect undercuts, and create design iterations on the fly.

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

Analysis

Measure dimensions, analyze curvature, check for continuity and watertightness, analyze the draft, detect undercuts, and create design iterations on the fly.

Distance
Measure the distance between two points.
Curve Length/Sublength
Measure the length of an entire curve and a subcurve.
View a Curve Plot
Display a curvature plot to see how the curvature varies along a curve.
Measure the Surface Curvature
Measure the curvature of a surface.
Continuity Check
Check for surface continuity at joined edges.
Area/Volume
Calculate the area, volume, mass, and moments of inertia of one or more objects. If an object isn't a closed solid, open edges are displayed in red.
Tolerance Check
Check if an object is a closed solid.
Draft Analysis
Analyze the draft and detect undercuts when designing a product that is manufactured using injection molding.
Design Table
Create design iterations on the fly using a design table, where you can quickly modify and set thresholds for the various parameters of a model, including sketch dimensions, without having to dig through construction history. You can create multiple snapshot tables, setting different values for variables in each table. Then you can export the file (model with design table) to HyperStudy to test and explore design alternatives.

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