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solidThinking, Inc.

solidThinking, Inc.
1820 East Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan, 48083
United States of America
solidThinking creates, develops, and markets technology that helps our user community bring the most desirable products to their customers faster. solidThinking was started in 1991 to meet the needs of Italian industrial designers, and acquired by Altair in 2008. Our offering has now been expanded to assist product development for designers, engineers, architects, and scientists. solidThinking software is sold and supported by a global network of distribution partners and is also available as part of the Altair HyperWorks suite.


solidThinking, Inc. in the News

Podcast: Digital Engineering News Roundup for Oct. 19, 2018

Listen to the top news items for the week of Oct 18, 2018. Altair acquires SIMSOLID, Greenlight Insights hosts Virtual Strategy Strategy Conference, new book contemplates the…

Altair Brings Flexibility to solidThinking Licensing

The company’s patented units-based licensing model is now being offered as solidThinking Units (sTUs) designed to help small- and mid-sized organizations tap into simulation…

Altair Debuts Disruptive Licensing Model for solidThinking Suite

solidThinking units are a licensing model providing on-demand flexibility to access Altair's entire simulation-driven design portfolio on the desktop and in the cloud.

Editor’s Pick: Inspired for Simulation-Driven Design

Design topology optimization and simulation solution sees wide range of enhancements.

Altair Debuts Click2Cast at EUROGUSS 2018

Click2Cast enhances the casting process by adding geometry tools specifically for easily creating runners, risers, sleeves, chillers and cooling lines within a single…

Altair Presents Preview of Geometry ‘Avatar’ of Click2Cast

Altair's Click2Cast enhances the casting process by adding geometry tools specifically for creating runners, risers, sleeves, chillers and cooling lines within a single…

How to Design for Additive Manufacturing: First Steps

DfAM not only looks at the bare-bones function of a part and its classic assembly techniques, but addresses just how to produce it with additive manufacturing (industrial 3D…

Envision 4.0 Data Analytics Package now Available from solidThinking

Envision 4.0 designed to bring data analytics for IoT, industrial analytics and embedded business intelligence to new heights.

Racing to a Lighter Design with Optimization

ELBFLORACE and Technische Universität Dresden collaborate for a lighter, stronger steering column mount.

The Changing Art of Making Parts: Part 2

Simulation-driven additive manufacturing advances to take on materials, organic shapes and new manufacturing techniques.

solidThinking Announces Evolve, Inspire 2017

The softwares focus have improved usability and several user-requested features.

Simulating Everything Automotive

When did vehicles get so complex? Good thing today’s simulation software tools are evolving to handle design, development, testing and deployment.

solidThinking Launches Click2Cast 4.0

FEA meshing has been newly integrated.

Converge 2016 Global Keynoters Announced

The events will focus on the latest advances in technology and product design.