A COMSOL® runnable application is a COMSOL Multiphysics® MPH file that, in addition to the model part, includes a custom user interface that you can run as a separate application or in a web client. For simulations with geometry that comes from a Revit® model, applications can also use the LiveLink™ interface for Revit®.

To create such applications, use the Application Builder, which is included in the Windows® version of COMSOL Multiphysics. For more information on how to build applications, refer to the book Introduction to Application Builder.

With a COMSOL Server™ license together with a license for LiveLink™ for Revit®, a COMSOL application that uses the LiveLink interface can be run by connecting to a COMSOL Server with an easy-to-install COMSOL Client, available for download from www.comsol.com. The software components installed with the COMSOL Client allow you to connect to a COMSOL Server right from the user interface of Revit®, and to browse and launch apps using the COMSOL Server interface. COMSOL Server or COMSOL Client does not include the Application Builder, Physics Builder, and Model Builder tools that come with the COMSOL Desktop® environment, and that are required for building applications.

For more information on the installation and administration of the COMSOL Server, and on how to run applications, refer to the book COMSOL Server Manual.