LiveLink™ for AutoCAD® Installations
If you have licensed LiveLink™ for AutoCAD®, the installer registers an add-in with AutoCAD. When the add-in is active a COMSOL Multiphysics tab appears in AutoCAD.
The add-in enables two modes of setting up simulations based on the AutoCAD design:
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In one mode you can run AutoCAD and the COMSOL Desktop side-by-side and synchronize the geometry between the two. This mode enables running parametric sweeps, as well as parameter optimizations using an optimization solver (available with a license for the Optimization Module).
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In offline synchronization mode you can save a synchronization file using the add-in inside AutoCAD. You can then load the synchronization file into the COMSOL Desktop running on a different computer from the CAD software. This mode enables single synchronizations and parametric sweeps.
If the COMSOL Multiphysics tab does not appear, run the COMSOL Installer to repair the installation (see www.comsol.com/support/knowledgebase/1221 for instructions).
You can also install and register the add-in with AutoCAD by installing the COMSOL Client, available for download from www.comsol.com. Such an installation enables the functionality for preparing AutoCAD designs for synchronization, saving files for offline synchronization, and running simulation apps that synchronize geometry.