You can open a model version in the COMSOL Desktop from The Model Manager Window,
The Databases Tree, or
The Maintenance Window by double-clicking a model version or by selecting a model version and clicking
Open (
) in the
Item section of the
Home toolbar. You can also double-click or click
Open from the toolbars of other windows in the Model Manager workspace that show model versions.
When you try to open a model version from the Model Manager window and the searched location is set to a branch, or when you try to open from the
Databases tree under a branch node, Model Manager first checks if any newer versions of drafts of the model exist on the same branch. If so,
The Open Dialog Box is shown in which you can choose to open one of these newer draft versions instead. This helps you, for example, from accidentally creating a new draft when one is already ongoing — perhaps created by one of your coworkers.
The Open dialog box shows a tree of model versions that Model Manager assumes may be of particular interest when opening a model version. The root node is the latest version of the model initially selected. Child nodes are the latest versions of drafts created from that model. Select one of the nodes and click
Open to open a model version in the COMSOL Desktop.
While Model Manager has no concept of automatically locking a model for exclusive access by a single user, you can achieve the same effect via permissions — see
Granting Permissions. You can, for example, assign the
Open model permission or
Save model permission exclusively to yourself so that only you can open or save versions of a model.
You can open a model stored in a database on a cluster as long as the cluster’s root node can connect to the database. In the Preferences dialog box, select
From intermediate file in the
Load model on nonroot nodes list on the
Cluster page under the
Model Manager page to only require that the root node can connect. Select
Direct from database in case also nonroot nodes can connect.