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Attribute Ratings
- Altair Inspire and Vectorworks Fundamentals are tied in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
Altair Inspire
100%
1 Rating
10.0
Vectorworks Fundamentals
100%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
Altair Inspire
100%
2 Ratings
Vectorworks Fundamentals
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Inspire
For any smaller company developing products that use motors and actuators to do work and need the best of class performance, Altair Inspire is the simplest to learn to use. Our first project required building booms to handle an offset load. I could not get SOLIDWORKS motion to simulate the movements to be done. It took less than 8 hours to fully define and run the first simulation to find excavator type boom design was not going to be light enough or rigid enough for the product.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
It is perfectly suited for residential work, and work where the project requires integrated 2d and 3d. It is terrible for integrated energy modeling. This needs to be fixed immediately.
Principal
Nathan Kipnis Architects, Inc.Design, 1-10 employees
Pros
Altair Inspire
- 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.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
- 3D modeling - no need to start in SketchUp or other more rudimentary programs.
- Seamless import/export with other programs - ideal communication with consultants.
- Superb customer service, training, and tech support.
Director of Architecture
Architecture Is Fun, Inc.Architecture & Planning, 1-10 employees
Cons
Altair Inspire
- Currently, we have to import the SOLIDWORKS assembly and reposition it in space.
- Currently, there are no mesh refinement capabilities.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
- The program is getting a little 'fat', and needs to be slimmed down. It is starting to bog down a bit when doing certain functions. The program of late is more buggy then we are used to seeing.
- I like how smooth Sketchup is in 3D. It would be great to get VW's to be more responsive in 3D.
- The space tool is very clunky.
- I would be great if a texture map could be a video and not just a still image. We could really use that.
- PLEASE get the energy modeling capabilities up to speed. It needs to be much more intuitive and NOT based on Passive House standards. Please include a clear output for a projects Energy Use Intensity (EUI) and how a project is doing relative to the 2030 Commitment.
Principal
Nathan Kipnis Architects, Inc.Design, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Altair Inspire
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Altair Inspire Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—Vectorworks Fundamentals
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$108 per month
Vectorworks Fundamentals Editions & Modules
Edition
Subscription | $108.001 |
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Perpetual License | $2617.00 |
- per month
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Support Rating
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire 10.0
Based on 2 answers
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.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Altair Inspire
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.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Altair Inspire
- We have completed a proof of concept product for disabled people that will be a new market area for our company.
- We are expanding the number of special projects we will do every year that requires motors and actuators.
- The only negative is being busier means expanding at a higher rate than expected.
Owner
6K ProductsMachinery, 1-10 employees
Vectorworks Fundamentals
- Subscription model ensures we always have the latest versions - per-seat license is very affordable.
- Training costs are low (i.e. new hires get up to speed quickly).
Director of Architecture
Architecture Is Fun, Inc.Architecture & Planning, 1-10 employees