This technical document explores how architectural and engineering firms use early-stage simulation to reduce project complexity, timelines, and costs. Featuring examples from global firms, it highlights Altair’s High-Performance Design workflows that integrate structural analysis, optimization, wind effects, blast resilience, and additive manufacturing constraints. Simulation tools such as SimSolid, HyperWorks, HyperStudy, and Inspire enable rapid exploration of design alternatives without extensive meshing or specialist expertise. By embedding simulation earlier in the design process, firms deliver safer, lighter, and more sustainable structures while reducing rework, shortening schedules, and improving confidence in design decisions across large-scale AEC projects.

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