LiveLink™ for Solid Edge® Installations
If you have licensed LiveLink™ for Solid Edge®, the installer registers an add-in for Solid Edge called LiveLink for COMSOL (6.4). This add-in should appear in the Add-In Manager dialog that is accessible in the Solid Edge user interface if you click the Applications button, and then select Add-Ins from the menu.
When the add-in is active a COMSOL Multiphysics tab appears in Solid Edge. The add-in enables two modes of setting up simulations based on the Solid Edge design:
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In one mode you can run Solid Edge 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 Solid Edge. 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 Solid Edge, run the COMSOL Installer to repair the installation (see www.comsol.com/support/knowledgebase/1221 for instructions), or manually register the add-in according to the steps from the following link “Error: Failed to connect to Solid Edge”:
 www.comsol.com/support/knowledgebase/1160.
You can also install and register the add-in with Solid Edge by installing the COMSOL Client, available for download from www.comsol.com. Such an installation enables the functionality for preparing Solid Edge designs for synchronization, saving files for offline synchronization, and running simulation apps that synchronize geometry.