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Altair  Inspire Studio User Guide
Altair Inspire Studio User Guide

2025

Index
  1. Home
  2. Welcome
  • Welcome
  • 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.

  • 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

    Analyze curves and surfaces, import simulation data, or access the Design Table and Variable Manager.

  • Dimensions

    Dimension a line, edge, bounding box, angle, and radius/diameter in order to create objects which must fit predefined dimensions.

  • 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.

  • SpaceMouse Support

    Inspire Studio supports 3Dconnexion's SpaceMouse.

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