The Model Page
The Model page shows the latest version of a model — with respect to a specific a branch — by default. The toolbar at the top of the page contains the buttons:
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Edit. Edit the model and save the changes as a new version — see Editing a Model.
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Versions. View older versions of the model — see Model Version History.
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Copy Location to Clipboard. Copy a location string identifier to your computer’s clipboard. This identifier can be used to open the model version in the COMSOL Desktop — see also Opening Model Versions in the COMSOL Desktop.
The model page shows the title, description, assigned tags, filename, and thumbnail image of the model, with a placeholder image used for models lacking a thumbnail. The list of metadata fields on the left are:
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Location. The repository and branch that the model version is saved in.
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Owner. The user currently set as the owner of the model.
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Saved. The point in time when the version was saved.
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Saved by. The user that saved the version.
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Saved in. The COMSOL Multiphysics version that the model was saved from.
Models in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
Model Version References
You can see references between the current model version and other versions in the References table on the Model page. Select Show Referenced Versions to list all versions referenced by the current model version; select Show Referencing Versions to list all versions referencing the current model version.
The references are categorized by the following types:
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Input file. A data file version used as input by a model version. Examples include CAD data, interpolation data, and mesh data.
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Output file. A data file version generated as output from a model version. Examples include animations, images, plots, and reports.
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Geometry part. A geometry part loaded from another model version.
You can filter the table by selecting from these types in the Reference Type list.
The table columns are:
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The type column — an icon used to represent of the type of the version.
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The Title column — the title of the version.
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The Reference Type column — the type of version reference.
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The Saved column — the point in time when the version was saved.
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The Saved by column — the user that saved the version.
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The Repository column — the repository that the version was saved in.
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The Branch column — the branch that the version was saved in.
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The Comments column — the commit comment written when the version was saved.
Click on the title of a version in the table to open its Model or File page.
The versions shown in the References table — with Show Referenced Versions selected — are so-called auxiliary data used by the model as either an input source or an output target.
The References Window in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
Editing a Model
Click Edit to make changes to some of the model’s basic fields. The Model page is shown with input fields for updating its title, description, assigned tags, and filename.
None of the changes made on the page are stored in the database until you click Save, in which case all changes are saved collectively as a new model version. Click Cancel to return the page to its read mode with all data restored as it was before the edit began.
To save a new model version:
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Click the Save button at the bottom of the page.
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Write a commit comment in the opened Save Model dialog box.
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Click Save in the dialog box.
Model Settings in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
Model Version History
You can view the model’s version history with respect to the latest version on a particular branch on the Versions page. Click Versions on the Model page to show a table with versions saved on the branch sorted chronologically with most recent first. To view the version history with respect to another branch, select it from the location selector in the upper right corner.
The table columns are:
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The type column — an icon used to represent of the type of the version.
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The Title column — the title of the version.
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The Saved column — the point in time when the version was saved.
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The Saved by column — the user that saved the version.
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The Repository column — the repository that the version belongs to.
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The Branch column — the branch that the version belongs to.
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The Comments column — the commit comment written when the version was saved.
Click on a title in the Title column to open the Model page for that specific version.
Click the Back button to navigate to the Model page for the latest version.
The Versions Window in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
Opening Model Versions in the COMSOL Desktop
Users with a COMSOL Multiphysics installation can open a model version in the COMSOL Desktop:
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Click the Copy Location to Clipboard button on the Model page.
A location string identifier for the model version has now been copied to the computer’s clipboard.
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Launch the COMSOL Multiphysics software if not already running. Select File>Open From in the COMSOL Desktop.
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Select the Clipboard menu option in the Open window. The model version is shown as a single option in the list on the right. Click Open.
You may be asked to fill in your username and password for the Model Manager server.
You will get an error message if there is no database configuration for the Model Manager server database in the Model Manager workspace. Select File>Open From>Add Database>Connect to Server Database and fill in the connection details for the Model Manager server. See also Connecting to a Server Database in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
The clipboard is only available when accessing the Model Manager server web interface through a secure connection using HTTPS.