Studies and Study Steps

In the COMSOL Desktop, you create one or more studies, each with one or more study steps to compute the solution to a model. The studies generate a solver sequence with the solvers and other solver features that correspond to the study steps in the study.


	Study and Study Step Types in the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual.

Creating a Study and Adding Study Step

The following commands create a study std1 and adds a Stationary study step to that study:

model.study().create("std1");

model.study("std1").create("stat", "Stationary");

Running (Computing) a Study

To run a study, use

model.study(<tag>).run();

The run() command corresponds to clicking on a node in the COMSOL Desktop.

Creating a Reference to a Study Step

You can also create a reference to an existing study step from a solver sequence:

model.sol("sol1").create("st1", "StudyStep");

model.sol("sol1").feature("st1").set("study", "std1");

model.sol("sol1").feature("st1").set("studystep", "stat");

Attaching a Study

It is also possible to attach a study for making a solver sequence or batch feature part of the study sequence:

model.sol("sol1").attach("std1");

The attach() operation implies calling study(<tag>)(see below). You can only have one solver sequence attached to each study but you can have multiple batch features.

Associating a Solver Sequence With a Study

You can associate a solver sequence with a study using the following syntax:

model.sol("sol1").study("std1");

In contrast, attach() (see above) also makes the solver sequence part of the study sequence.

Main Study Feature Settings

Table 6-82: Methods for the Main Study Feature Settings
Method	Description
isGenPlots(boolean)	True if default results plots should be generated.
isGenConv(boolean)	True if convergence plots should be generated.
setGenPlots(boolean)	Set to true if default results plots should be generated.
setGenConv(boolean)	Set to true if convergence plots should be generated.