LiveLink™ for SpaceClaim®

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: The picture shows a thermal simulation of an exhaust manifold.

LiveLink for SpaceClaim®

LiveLink for the SpaceClaim® CAD system 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 interface allows you to synchronize 3D geometry between 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. Full bidirectionality allows you to initiate a change of the SpaceClaim® geometry from the COMSOL model.

All LiveLink for CAD products include all the capabilities of the CAD Import Module. This lets you import and defeature files from all major CAD packages.

SpaceClaim is a registered trademark of SpaceClaim Corporation.

LiveLink™ for SpaceClaim® adds the following file formats to the wide array of formats supported by the COMSOL product family:

MCAD File Formats Read Write
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

See all supported file formats

Trademarks
1 Requires LiveLink™ for SpaceClaim® and
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   4.3b Release Highlights   Product Videos