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    Altair Inspire

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAltair Inspire, developed by SolidThinking which was acquired by Altair, is software for Generative Design/Topology Optimization, and rapid simulation solution for design engineers. It is designed to enhance the concept development process by enabling simulation-driven design to increase a product’s efficiency, strength and manufacturability. This can lead to reduced costs, development time, material consumption, and product weight.N/A

    Studio 5000

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ARockwell Automation offers the Studio 5000 suite of design and engineering applications, including Studio 5000 Architect engineering environment, Studio 5000 Logix Designer for management of Allen-Bradley Logix controllers, Studio 500 View Designer for graphic terminals and alarms, the Studio 5000 Application Code Manager libraries of re-usable code, and Studio 5000 Logix Emulate experiment and debugging environment.N/A
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    Altair InspireStudio 5000
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    Altair InspireStudio 5000
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Onshape
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    User Ratings
    Altair InspireStudio 5000
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
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    Support Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Altair InspireStudio 5000
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    This software is incredibly intuitive and really does provide a great finished product. The software runs relatively quickly and will usually throw an error right away, which is a nice feature. I didn't use the geometry editing parts of the software, but it looks promising to be able to edit files directly in the program.
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    Rockwell Automation
    As I said before, it's the only tool known to man capable of programming Rockwell PLC's, so if any colleague needed to program one I 100% would recommend it. So, this software is appropiate only when using Rockwell PLC's. As far as I know it would program any other brand.
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    Pros
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Defining the actuators, pin joints, sliding joints is very easy.
    • Defining a motion sequence is straightforward.
    • The UI tends to make you follow a sequence of steps to be successful in doing a motion simulation and finite element analysis study on a design.
    • The motion simulation results are automatically transferred to the FEA solver.
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    Rockwell Automation
    • The tag system it uses for programming makes it easier than other softwares
    • Programming Rockwell PLC's
    • The management of the ladder code is easier
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    Cons
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • I think the tools to create CAD are a bit difficult to use. Consequently, it is now easier to develop the part in other software, which is bad since we need to use more than one tool at a time.
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    Rockwell Automation
    • Price, it's realy expensive
    • Sometimes configuring communication with other devices can be hard
    • I'd like the ability to programm with languages such as C or Python
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    Support Rating
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    When I needed clarification on how do use a feature or best way to define the constraints for a design problem, the response was quick and solved my needs.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Working Model, MathCad, Dynamic Designer, Algor, and Mathlab had poor UI's and poor ways to define actuator and motor motion profiles. The force results and vectors were not easy to input into the FEA software. SOLIDWORKS Motion does not have an excellent way to define a linear actuator or its motion profile. Altair provides a UI that guides you through defining your linear actuator or motor's motion profile quickly.
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    Rockwell Automation
    Studio 5000 is a good product. Compared to Omrom's CX-Programmer feels more advanced and with more functions, altough that depends on the PLC being programmed. I choose Studio 5000 because there are no other options when programming Rockwell PLC's
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    Return on Investment
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • In my personal opinion, we think that this product does not have any negative aspect that makes us feel very uncomfortable.
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    Rockwell Automation
    • Well, there is one customer that only uses Rockwells PLC's, so I could say that Studio 5000 is a must have and a good percent of the bussiness depends on it.
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