Altair Compose® Usage Options

Whether you are looking for a multi-disciplinary system simulation for your academic, hobbyist, or commercial needs, we have a solution for you with Compose.

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Personal Edition

Recommended for usage by hobbyists, everyone

Personal edition features include:

Altair Compose core product including IDE for scripting, executing, debugging, and visualizing
Extensible OpenMatrix Language (OML) with bridges to Python and TCL provided
Built-in tools for signal processing, control systems, system identification, optimization, and more
Ability to import and execute scripts from Octave and MATLAB®

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Business Edition

Recommended for commercial usage

All features from Personal edition are included, plus:

CAE Readers
Altair® HyperWorks® integration (via function registration and reuse)
Special-purpose toolboxes
Technical support

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Student Edition

Recommended for usage on student projects

All features of the Business edition are included
Intended for use with project-based learning
Useful for student competitions
Requires validation of student enrollment at academic institution

For information about teaching or research licenses, click here.

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