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LiveLink™ for Pro/ENGINEER®

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LiveLink™ for Pro/ENGINEER®

The LiveLink for Pro/ENGINEER 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 Pro/ENGINEER 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 Pro/ENGINEER 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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Pro/ENGINEER is a registered trademark of Parametric Technology Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and in other countries.

The LiveLink for Pro/ENGINEER 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 Yes2
SolidWorks® (.sldprt, .sldasm) Yes No
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 Pro/ENGINEER and the
File Import for CATIA® V5
2 Via the LiveLink interface

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