SimSolid 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

The simple procedure for pre-processing of the simulation model.

It cannot simulate friction contacts and large deformation in explicit simulation like in Radioss.

Very quick result Least training required

Accuracy can be increased. Export option can be further enhanced

Easy to use geometrically model without mesh. Easy to use local 9n laptop for complex models.

Should be added something related by explicit analysis, but I guess Is not easy. And perhaps in future something related by an interface with a deep learning model.

ease of useshort learning curvecan use without/little hand holdingSpeedease to switch to non linear fea

more options to control each DOF and not to depend on limited options.

Easy to use, you do not have to mesh the model something that take a lot of time. Wery fast solver, 5 time faster then traditional FE softare. Easy to learn, many features and is still under development.

Maybe to easy to use. Have seen som strange results that I can not explain.

1) ZERO need to spend time to mesh a model 2) ZERO need to spend time to first simplify a model, and remove small details, features, etc. 3) Ability to import a huge number of neutral file formats, as well as NATIVE CAD file formats 4) Ability to run a simulation in seconds to minutes. That REALLY happens! 5) Small footprint of disk space used, once installed. Surprisingly compact. 6) Ability to handle increasingly more complex types of simulations, as it has evolved over time

1) It will be nice if/when the GUI that is as it was designed (before the acquisition by Altair), can be more similar or eventually the same, as the GUI used with Inspire 2) The Tutorials are very good, but there can never be enough. More examples, videos, tutorials would be welcome.

The thing I really liked about this product has been the simplicity of use. I mostly used it for displacement and stress analysis on complete assemblies. The process was ridiculously fast: I would model my assembly in Solidworks and directly from there (SimSolid does have some nice integrations) I would click an icon that would place my assembly in the SimSolid environment. From there it was possible to define different load configurations directly on the assembly (that's something I had never seen) and see the results in just a bunch of seconds (maybe 4 seconds?). When the results are out you are able to see stresses, displacements, modal analysis (these are the features I looked at)... and you can navigate between results from different load configurations in 1 click. You can then save scenes of your work, hiding parts that are not useful for certain focuses (you might want to see stresses applied to a piece that is hidden by other pieces in the assembly) and get back to analyse it later...

As I have used just a bunch of simulation programs for the moment, I didn't notice downsides of the program during the use. The simple stuff is really good and intuitive but there might be some problems with advanced feature... I really can't say that I've seen them though.

I am very impressed with SimSolid, I have used a lot and I recommend my clients also for preliminary check.although it cant replace the FEA results, but it gives a nice understanding about the product which has large number of parts and its material library is very useful.

GUI should be changed to "Altair New generation GUI" it will dominate easily once this is done.

SimSolid has a very fast and straight forward setup process which helps a lot to get a first impression of a systems behavior. The results are good enough for rough estimations and visualizations especially when you are looking at something "new". A real benefit is also the fast and reliable auto contact definition algorithm. Even models with several hundred parts can be set up within 1 hour.

The results can be very inaccurate depending on the problem. And to very the error can be very difficult because to do convergence study you have to run the model from the beginning every time. So solver and solution control are definitely a weak spot and can be further improved. Also the model discretization for results visualization sometimes looks very rough and there is no control for that (created a ticket already).

The algorithm for the 3d design eliminates geometry simplification very well and analyze complex assemblies in seconds.Really easy to use!!!

The only disadvantage is that requires expensive hardware to run it