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LiveLink™ for SpaceClaim®

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MAY 2011

LiveLink™ for SpaceClaim®

The new LiveLink for SpaceClaim brings you the fusion of direct modeling and multiphysics simulation in a tightly integrated environment, enabling optimal designs and collaboration across CAD and CAE teams.

The LiveLink for SpaceClaim interface allows you to transfer a 3D geometry from SpaceClaim to COMSOL Multiphysics. The synchronized geometry in the COMSOL model stays associative with the geometry in SpaceClaim. This means that settings applied to the geometry, like physics or mesh settings, are retained after subsequent synchronizations. The LiveLink interface is also bidirectional to allow you to initiate a change of the SpaceClaim geometry from the COMSOL model.

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SpaceClaim is a registered trademark of SpaceClaim Corporation.

The LiveLink for SpaceClaim 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 No
SpaceClaim® (.scdoc) Yes2 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 SpaceClaim and the
File Import for CATIA® V5
2 Via the LiveLink interface

See also the capabilities of the following products:
Introduction   Discover COMSOL 4   System Requirements   Licensing   4.2a Release Highlights   4.2 Release Highlights   Animated Tutorials