Platform Support

Platforms, operating systems, and processors supported by Altair HyperWorks 2023 products, which includes 2023 solver packages.

Platforms Altair HyperWorks 2023
OS Version Architecture GUI Products Solvers
Windows 10 x86_64 YES YES
Windows 11 x86_64 YES YES
Linux RHEL / Oracle Linux 8.4

SLES 15 SP3

 x86_64 YES YES
  • Windows Ultra High Definition (UHD/HiDPI) support requires Windows 10 Update 1709 or higher
  • RHEL= Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SLES = SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Linux
Altair HyperWorks products may install and run on other non-supported Linux distributions not mentioned or referred to in this documentation, but Altair does not test, certify, verify or warrant the reliability of the products on these platforms.
  • Altair™ products are tested on Gnome Desktop Manager (GDM)
  • Xen kernels are currently not supported kernels for Altair HyperWorks products
  • VirtualGL and other third-party remote visualization tools are not officially supported by Altair HyperWorks products
Ultra High Definition (UHD)
  • UHD resolution support (2160p) is only available for Windows 10 (1709 or higher).
    • Using Windows 200% scaling for 2160p is recommended.
  • Our recommended HD setting is 1080p for FHD and our Ultra HD setting is 2160p.
  • Java based tools within our products may still show some scaling issues under Ultra HD resolution.

Refer to the Hardware Recommendations and Certifications section for details.

Altair HyperWorks Products

  1. Altair® HyperMesh®
  2. Altair® HyperView®
  3. Altair® HyperGraph®
  4. Altair® MotionView®
  5. BatchMesher
  6. Altair® HyperCrash®
  7. Altair® HyperLife®
  8. Altair® HyperMesh® CFD
  9. Altair® HyperMesh ® NVH
  10. Altair® HyperStudy®
  11. Altair® HyperView Player®
  12. Altair® SimLab®
  13. Altair SimSolid® (Windows only)
  14. Altair® Feko®
    • Altair® Feko® Applications
    • Altair® newFASANT™
    • Altair® WinProp™
  15. Altair® Flux®
  16. Altair® Solvers™
    • Altair® OptiStruct®
    • Altair® Radioss®
    • Altair® MotionSolve®
    • Altair® HyperXtrude®
    • Altair® Manufacturing Solver™
    • Altair® Multiscale Designer®
    • Altair® Seam®
  17. Altair® CFD Solvers™
    • Altair® AcuSolve®
    • Altair® ultraFluidX® (Linux only)
    • Altair® nanoFluidX®
  18. Altair® Twin Activate®
  19. Altair® Compose®
  20. Altair® EDEM™
  21. Altair® Inspire™ (Windows only)
  22. Altair® Inspire Cast™ (Windows only)
  23. Altair® Inspire Extrude™ (Windows only)
    • Altair® Inspire™ Extrude Metal
    • Altair® Inspire™ Extrude Polymer
    • Altair® Inspire™ Friction Stir Welding
    • Altair® Inspire™ Resin Transfer Molding
  24. Altair® Inspire Form™ (Windows only)
  25. Altair® Inspire™ Mold (Windows only)
  26. Altair® Inspire™ PolyFoam (Windows only)
  27. Altair® Inspire Render™ (Windows only)
  28. Altair® Inspire Studio™ (Windows only)

Platforms Added in Altair HyperWorks 2023

  1. Windows 11 (64-bit).
  2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4/Oracle Linux 8.4

Platforms Dropped in Altair HyperWorks 2023

  1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3/CentOS 8.3

Minimum Operating System Requirements

Table 1.
System/Hardware Information Linux Windows
Operating Systems

RHEL 8.4 (64-bit)

Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit)

SLES 15 SP3 (64-bit)

 10 (64-bit)

11 (64-bit)
Memory 16 GB (higher recommended) 16 GB (higher recommended)
Complete Install Disk Space

~8 GB temporary disk space required for full Altair HyperWorks 2023 installation

 Applications

72 GB

 Help

12 GB

 Applications

110 GB

 Help

12 GB
Graphics Hardware 2 OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher

Vulkan 1.2 or higher

OpenCL 2.1 required

True color (24-bit) support

Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers

1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience

4 GB or higher dedicated RAM

Only dedicated NVIDIA GPUs are supported (AMD, Intel® Arc™ and Integrated onboard Intel chipsets are not supported)

 OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher

Vulkan 1.2 or higher

OpenCL 2.1 required

True color (24-bit) support

Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers

1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience

4 GB or higher dedicated RAM

Only dedicated AMD, Intel® Arc™ and NVIDIA GPUs are supported (Integrated onboard Intel chipsets are not supported)

Linux System Requirements

Run the HyperWorks compatibility tool to validate your Linux compatibility with Altair HyperWorks products located under the <INSTALL_PATH>/altair/hwdesktop/utility/HWCompatibilityTool/ folder.

1 Local help installations may require modifying the browser to allow running active content from the hard disk. For search capability, the users should have a browser supporting either ActiveX (IE on Windows) or Java Environment plugin installed on their machine.
2 Altair HyperWorks Graphical User Interface (GUI) products, when used with Ultra High Definition (UHD) displays consisting of 1920x1200 or higher (for example, 3200x1800, 3840x2160 or 4096x2160), may result in graphical problems. Some GUI items may not be displayed correctly, some functionality such as image captures may not capture images correctly, and window selection may become an issue. Altair HyperWorks 2023 does not officially support these high screen resolutions. We suggest setting your resolution to 1920x1200 or lower to resolve or minimize these types of issues from occurring. Our development teams are aware of these problems and are working closely with the hardware vendors to find a quick resolution.