General Requirements
These requirements are common to all platforms:
- A DVD drive for installation.
- TCP/IP activated
- 1 GB memory, preferably more
- 1-4 GB of disk space, depending on your licensed products and installation options
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 or later to view and print the COMSOL documentation in PDF format
Floating Network Licenses
Floating network licenses are supported on heterogeneous networks of Windows, Linux, and Mac computers. Both the license manager and the COMSOL application can run on either Windows, Linux, or Mac, and a single computer can run both of them.
COMSOL Multiphysics System Requirements for Windows
System Requirements for 32-bit Windows
- The following 32-bit Windows operating systems are supported:
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 or later
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later
- Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor or later.
System Requirements for 64-bit Windows
- The following 64-bit Windows operating systems are supported:
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows HPC Server 2008
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition with Service Pack 2 or later
- Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 2 or later
- A PC with one of these processors: AMD with AMD64 or Intel with EM64T.
Graphics System Requirements
Prefer hardware rendering for performance reasons: drivers supporting OpenGL version 1.3 or DirectX version 9 are required. Alternatively, use software rendering.
Automatic Updates
Use Automatic Updates to keep your Windows system up-to-date. You can access it and turn it on from the Control Panel.
Optional LiveLink for MATLAB Requirements
The LiveLink for MATLAB is compatible with MATLAB 2009b and MATLAB 2010a.
Optional Products for CAD Interoperability
The following products support import of 3D CAD files on Windows platforms:
| Product | Supported file formats | Required products |
|---|---|---|
| CAD Import Module | ACIS (SAT), IGES, Inventor, Parasolid, Pro/E, SolidWorks, and STEP | COMSOL Multiphysics |
| LiveLink™ for SolidWorks® | Same as above | COMSOL Multiphysics |
| LiveLink™ for Inventor® | Same as above | COMSOL Multiphysics |
| LiveLink™ for Pro/ENGINEER® | Same as above | COMSOL Multiphysics |
| File Import for CATIA® V5 | CATIA V5 | CAD Import Module, or a LiveLink product for a CAD package |
LiveLink™ for SolidWorks®
The bidirectional interface to SolidWorks requires SolidWorks 2009 or 2010.
LiveLink™ for Inventor®
The bidirectional interface to Autodesk Inventor requires Autodesk Inventor 2010 or Autodesk Inventor 2011.
LiveLink™ for Pro/ENGINEER®
The bidirectional interface to Pro/ENGINEER requires Wildfire 4.0 or Wildfire 5.0.
Parallel System Requirements
COMSOL 4.0 supports shared-memory parallelism and distributed-memory parallelism on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. Distributed-memory parallelism requires Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or Windows HPC Server 2008.
Internet Protocol Support
IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on all Windows platforms.
