Ansys Granta Selector 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Ansys Granta Selector

4.5

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Pricing

Starting at $1.00 one time

About Ansys Granta Selector

Ansys Granta Selector combines in-depth, relevant materials knowledge with a spread of versatile tools to implement powerful, logical materials choices. This solution is designed to help businesses select the right materials to improve performance and reduce cost while increasing customer satisfaction. With comparative tools, users can compare different materials side-by-side with highlighted variations.

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Ansys Granta Selector Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $1.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$1.00

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

Ansys Granta Selector Features

Popular features found in Simulation
3D Imaging
Agent-Based Modeling
Continuous Modeling
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Discrete Event Modeling
Dynamic Modeling
Graphical Data Presentation
Monte Carlo Simulation
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Ansys Granta Selector User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

50%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.3

Eduardo R.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

From abstract to tangible thanks to Ansys Granta Selector

Granta Selector is a must for any mechanical designer, or any type of designer. Ansys Selector is the gateway to make your abstract thoughts into tangible creations. A great idea can massively fail if the material is not the appropriate one. That is why you need Granta Selector to maximize the potential of your creations.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

The extensive materials and processes library is just mesmerizing. Materials can be found with a very straightforward explorer or if you are not sure of the material you are looking for you can have Ansys find it for you, depending on your search parameters. For example, if you know your material should withstand a certain stress, temperature of operation, elongation limit, electrical/thermal conductivity, stiffness, etc. you can have Ansys give you options with those attributes. Material indices are available which simplify searches, Ashby graphs for comparisons between your prospect materials, you can also search in terms of manufacturing processes if you have a manufacturing restriction, so your material search is compatible with the process. It is great.

Cons:

I have not found any negative attributes for this software, the only thing I could say is that the library may be very extensive and searching at first may be overwhelming but with few hours of use and tutorials provided by the creator you can handle the software with ease.

Turan A.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

For Designers

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Direct Modeling, Easy of use. Part programming and automation

Cons:

There is not fundamental cons. Some functionalities need improvents like drawting etc

Reasons for switching to Ansys Granta Selector

SpaceClaim is designer oriented software. You just need to concentrate to your model. I think this is very powerful

Hanna W.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Spaceclaim Review

Overall, the software is good but I prefer other software with better assembly features.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that this software has features that allows for easy deletion of model parts. With other modeling software I have used in the past, problems arise when a component is changed or deleted. This software does not have this issue because it is not as strict. It is user friendly and easy to learn.

Cons:

I don't like certain aspects of this software, the mating in the assembly section is sub-par. I also do not like that you have to undo a bunch of steps to change a component of the part being modeled.

ARAVINDA M.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2020

Easiest CAD software. But limited.

Its a great software for quickly visualizing a part/assembly. But I need to create many variations of the designs as I am in full time development, which was not easy with this software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of learning and implementing. Probably the easiest CAD software in the market.

Cons:

Not history based. Creating variations of a design is difficult.

Reasons for switching to Ansys Granta Selector

There does not seem to be continuous development of Alibre software.

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Simplest, easiest to use direct modeler with compatibility to all other mainstream CAD tools

The most 'non obvious' benefit was the ability to import a CAD file from multiple sources and save back out as a JT file in different JT standard release formats. This is FAR simpler than using many of the various translation tools we have to translate from CAD to a neutral format to JT.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

SpaceClaim is so easy to use, even a lowly manager with no recent design experience can utilize it to produce rudimentary designs in record time. Direct modeling, and the ability to import from a wide range of CAD tools, as well as export in many of those same formats, makes reuse of existing designs a snap. With four basic sets of commands, almost anything you can imagine can be layed out in at least a preliminary state for your 'real' designers to complete using the tool of their choice. Or better yet, they can use SpaceClaim to finish the design in an extremely short time.

Cons:

The interface and command set is so simple, I always feel like I am missing something. If you can't think in 3D, this my not be the tool for you. Drafting is NOT a strong suit, because SpaceClaim is all about design.

Michael M.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2017

Easy to learn and use quickly to produce quality results

It is quick and simple to put out production drawings and files for CAMing

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is simple. It is easy to quickly create accurate 3D designs and create drawings for production use. It is direct edit so making changes to imported data is quick and easy.

Cons:

For some functionality you need to buy third-party addons. The drawings can take a bit of work to get looking professional but once you have the settings correct it is not too bad.

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

11-50 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

Perfect for Intelligent Materials

This is my favorite material selection tool in ANSYS MDS.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The fact that it allows me to make smart material choices make it my most desirable materials selector. I have never seen a material selector that has such wide range libraries of comprehensive materials for simulation until ANSYS GRANTA Selector! Materials come with datasheet views of all attributes and properties making it easy to choose the exact material required for simulation. I like the fact that I can also filter materials based on the manufacturing process that may be required.

Cons:

I am yet not seen anything undesirable about ANSYS GRANTA Selector. However, it can be overwhelming at first, especially going through the datasheets of materials.

Mandy H.

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2017

Direct Editing 3D Software

This software allows you to import virtually any CAD file into your CAD system, whether it was created in your CAD program or not. You can make changes, create drawings and export the revised file in the native format you need. Having the capability to modify any CAD file is huge! Can you imagine the time savings? Don't think of it as a replacement CAD software that you have to learn, think of it as an added tool which allows quick and accurate modifications to CAD files. We use this software in our service bureau because of the time efficiency for creating STL files for 3D printing. You can't beat the time savings of 50%!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use

Cons:

Can't really think of any cons on the software itself. The only thing I would say is that you have to purchase the software license along with additional modules which allow for various native file formats to be exported.

Dino D.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Easy to Use - Great Functionality

I use SpaceClaim to design everything from simple plastic parts to highly complex mechanical systems. I still consider myself an intermediate user as there is much functionality that I have yet to utilize.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I use SpaceClaim because it has a simple user interface and performs almost every function you may need in a Mechanical 3D CAD tool. The learning curve on this software is very short when compared to SolidWorks.

Cons:

Some things are a little difficult to do in SpaceClaim. For example editing of curved surfaces and other none uniform surfaces can be tricky.

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Great modeler product in the market

Trying to create various CAD models and using them for simulation purposes

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The fact that anyone with little or no experience can use this product and the ease with which models can be created and simualted. A picture can be imported and created into a CAD model which is greatly useful

Cons:

THe fact that the interface is still ebing developed and each release enhances it. Also the number of turorials available are quire less given that its new.

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