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LiveLink™ for SolidWorks®

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LiveLink™ for SolidWorks®

The LiveLink for SolidWorks delivers a seamless integration of CAD and simulation. By establishing an associative connection between the two applications, a change of a feature in the CAD model automatically updates the geometry in COMSOL Multiphysics, while retaining physics settings. All parameters specified in SolidWorks can be interactively linked with your simulation geometry. This enables multiphysics simulation involving parametric sweeps and design optimization directly from within the CAD program.

The LiveLink for SolidWorks includes all the capabilities of the CAD Import Module. This lets you import and defeature files from all major CAD packages.

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SolidWorks is a registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.

The LiveLink for SolidWorks adds the following file formats to the wide array supported by the COMSOL product family:
MCAD File Formats Read Write
Autodesk Inventor® (.ipt, .iam) Yes No
Pro/ENGINEER® (.prt, .asm) Yes No
SolidWorks® (.sldprt, .sldasm) Yes Yes2
Parasolid® (.x_t, xmt_txt, .x_b, .xmt_bin) Yes Yes
ACIS® (.sat, .sab) Yes No
STEP (.step) Yes No
IGES (.iges) Yes No
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct)1 Yes No

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1 Requires the LiveLink for SolidWorks and the
File Import for CATIA® V5
2 Via the LiveLink interface

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