LiveLink™ for PTC® Creo® Parametric™ Installation
If you have licensed LiveLink™ for PTC® Creo® Parametric™, the installer registers an add-in for PTC Creo Parametric called the LiveLink for COMSOL (6.4). This add-in should appear in the Auxiliary Applications dialog that is accessible from the Tools tab, Utilities group in the PTC Creo Parametric user interface.
The add-in provides tools for preparing your PTC Creo Parametric design for simulation with COMSOL Multiphysics. For example, you can set up dimensional parameters that, together with the geometry, are synchronized with the COMSOL Multiphysics model. You can access the functionality provided by the add-in on the COMSOL Multiphysics tab in the PTC Creo Parametric user interface.
The add-in enables two modes of setting up simulations based on the PTC Creo Parametric design:
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In one mode you can run PTC Creo Parametric and the COMSOL Desktop side-by-side and synchronize the geometry between the two. This 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 PTC Creo Parametric. 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 COMSOL Multiphysics cannot connect to PTC Creo Parametric, 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 PTC Creo Parametric by installing the COMSOL Client, available for download from www.comsol.com. Such an installation enables the functionality for preparing PTC Creo Parametric designs for synchronization, saving files for offline synchronization, and running simulation apps that synchronize geometry.