COMSOL 6.3 - The Application Library Update Window

The Application Library Update Window

Application Library Update is a service that provides new and updated models and applications for the application libraries of the COMSOL products that your license includes. The text below describes how to use the Application Library Update service.


	Using the COMSOL Application Library Update service requires internet access. For a default installation, you also need to run COMSOL as an administrator. See Proxy Server Settings section below for instructions on how you can modify your installation to avoid this restriction.

Application Library Update

Open the window by clicking in the window or by going to the > menu (Windows users) or the menu (macOS and Linux users) and choosing (

When the window opens, choose if you want to download files containing solutions () or more compact versions of the models and applications (), then click to check if all the models and applications you have are up to date or if there are any updated or new ones. If the message displays, no updated or new models or applications are available.

If the library is not up to date, browse the list that appears with a description and image. Choose which ones to download by selecting or clearing the checkboxes next to the thumbnail images. By default all checkboxes are selected; by clicking and you can change the global selection state.


	Note that if you chose to download solved models and applications and then choose Select all, the download size can be on the order of 10s of GB if you have a license for several products. Therefore, it may be wiser to choose the compact option and then download solved versions of the examples you are interested in directly from the Application Libraries window.

Click the button to download the selected models and applications. The download time depends on the size of the files, which is listed for each file, and the bandwidth of the internet connection.


	Also see the Introduction to Application Builder.

Proxy Server Settings

If you connect to the internet through a web proxy, you can specify the required settings on the > page of the window; for details, see Proxy Server Settings.

Destination Directories for Library Updates

To edit these settings under , open The Preferences Window and go to the section.

The list provides two options for specifying which application, documentation, and part directories are synchronized with the COMSOL library update server when you launch an Application Library Update or Part Library Update (see the next section) request:

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(default): Synchronize with

application MPH-files under the COMSOL Application Libraries root set on the dialog’s page (under );

documentation files under the directory specified in the field on the dialog’s > page;

part MPH-files under the COMSOL Part Libraries root set on the dialog’s page (under );

add-in MPH-files under the COMSOL Add-in Libraries root set on the dialog’s page (under ).

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: Choosing this option lets you specify COMSOL Application Libraries, documentation, COMSOL Part Libraries, and COMSOL Add-in Libraries root directories separate from those of your current COMSOL Desktop environment.

By default, the COMSOL Application Libraries, COMSOL Part Libraries, COMSOL Add-in Libraries, and documentation root directories are located directly under the COMSOL installation root directory, in applications/, parts/, addins/, and doc/, respectively. This typically implies that special permissions are required for saving downloaded files, and it can therefore be beneficial to move or copy the directories to a different location. The settings referred to in this section are provided to let you customize the library update services to the IT environment of your organization.