Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empowers client innovation and decision-making, has released an update to SimLab 13, that brings together all the tools that engineers require for the complete design and analysis of vehicle powertrains.

Altair announces HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel 12.1, a streamlined and high quality vertical application designed to improve wind tunnel simulation for the automotive industry. Leveraging several of Altair’s state-of-the-art technologies from advanced meshing to high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulation, and designed with an intuitive, highly automated and streamlined workflow and user interface, HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel brings new levels of accuracy and speed in predicting a vehicle’s external aerodynamic performance.

HyperShape/CATIA generates structurally optimal design concepts from supplied packaging information, loads, constraints and required product performance. Typically used before CAD design, HyperShape/CATIA helps designers develop lightweight, high-performance design proposals. With this technology, companies can achieve product and business objectives considerably faster than ever before. HyperShape/CATIA is a direct integration between Dassault Systemes CATIA V5 solution and the award-winning design optimization technology, Altair OptiStruct.