What’s new in Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1
- 10 hours ago
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The latest Simcenter Simsolid (formerly Altair SimSolid) release enhances connectivity, expands analysis capabilities, and simplifies post-processing, helping users accelerate design validation while improving overall simulation efficiency. In this blog you will find some of our highlights.
Native Designcenter integration
Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 further streamlines the simulation workflow for Designcenter users with an enhanced native integration that eliminates manual file transfers and configuration. Automatic geometry, material, and active design configuration transfer reduce repetitive setup while improving model accuracy and consistency. Clearer transfer diagnostics help resolve issues faster. Lastly, Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 new Teamcenter integration enables direct project save and open capabilities for improved traceability and collaboration. Together, these enhancements create a faster, more connected simulation experience that helps engineers and designers iterate on designs with greater confidence and efficiency.
Advanced rotating machinery analysis
Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 expands its analysis capabilities with advanced rotordynamics, enabling engineers to evaluate rotating machinery while accounting for gyroscopic effects. New enhancements provide clearer insight into dynamic behavior by explicitly identifying forward and backward whirl modes, making results easier to interpret during design and validation. Engineers and designers can also define rotor speed using functions, including CSV-based inputs, to accurately represent complex speed profiles over time. These additions in the new release help improve confidence in rotordynamic analysis while extending Simcenter Simsolid’s capabilities to a broader range of turbomachinery and rotating equipment applications.
Enhanced management of large connection sets
Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 improves productivity for engineers and designers working with large and complex assemblies through enhanced connection management capabilities. New tools make it easier to reuse, copy, and filter large sets of connections, reducing manual effort and streamlining model setup. Solver enhancements also improve stability and solution quality when assemblies contain challenging connection with large aspect ratios. Furthermore, Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 introduces additional enhancements across the solver to improve analysis accuracy and expand simulation capabilities. Linear buckling analysis now supports contact nonlinearity while retaining contact status from structural analysis, enabling more realistic evaluation of complex assemblies while eliminating the need for manual workarounds.
Automatic hotspot and extrema detection
Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 enhances post-processing with new tools that make it easier to identify and investigate critical results. Automated hotspot detection quickly highlights local maxima and minima, helping engineers and designers pinpoint stress concentrations and other key performance areas without manually searching through complex visual data. Users can also focus their analysis by generating result plots within a user-defined region of the model, enabling faster evaluation of localized behavior. Together, these enhancements simplify result interpretation, improve productivity, and help users gain meaningful insights from complex simulations more efficiently.
Simcenter Simsolid 2026.1 combines workflow improvements, expanded simulation capabilities, and intelligent post-processing to reduce manual effort and deliver faster, more confident engineering decisions.
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