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1052: Troubleshooting MATLAB interface problems

I get either of the following error messages when I try to connect to MATLAB with the COMSOL MATLAB-interface. Undefined function or method 'comsolmexpath' for input arguments of type 'char' Error: 9187 Time-out...
Version: 3.5a - Platform: Windows

1051: Incident field with arbitrary angle

I am using the scattered field formulation to send in an acoustic or electromagnetic wave towards a scattering object. How do I specify an arbitrary angle of incidence? The expression for the incident field is found in...
Version: 3.5a - Platform: All Platforms

1050: Error: 2058 Failed to connect to Inventor

When I try to connect to Autodesk Inventor by selecting the menu item File>Inventor Connection>Initialize, I get this message: Error: 2058 Failed to connect to Inventor COMSOL 4.0 If you have bought the LiveLink...
Version: 3.5a,4.0 - Platform: Windows

1048: Error: 9040 Type: IllegalArgumentException

When I open a 3D model from the model library, or create a a 3D object, for example by extrusion of a circle, or try to view a 2D mesh, I get an error message that includes any of the following strings: Error: 9040...
Version: 3.5,3.5a - Platform: All Platforms

1045: Error: 9040 Type: ClassCastException

After installing the 3.5a hotfix update, I get an error message when opening a mph file of version 3.5 or older. [reference id="1053"]If you just upgraded to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, please go to solution 1053. If not,...
Version: 3.5a - Platform: Windows

1044: Issue with the CAD Import patch installation

The following error message appears when I try to import CAD files after installation of the CAD Import patch:   Exception:        com.femlab.util.FlException: File could not be...
Version: 3.5a - Platform: Windows

1043: Equilibrium reactions in Reaction Engineering Lab

I have set up a couple of equilibrium reaction in Reaction Engineering Lab. The results look strange, and I don't even seem to get convergence. The Reaction Engineering Lab together with COMSOL Multiphysics allows you...
Version: 3.5,3.5a - Platform: Windows

1042: Tips and Tricks, COMSOL News 2009

This solution is a is a review of the support column in COMSOL News 2009, and makes the example files available for download. To access the entire issue of the magazine, please contact your local COMSOL representative....
Version: 3.5,3.5a - Platform: Windows

1041: Program crash during parallel run

COMSOL Multiphysics crashes or stops with an error message when I solve a model using multicore (parallel) support. This problem has been fixed in the 3.5a Hotfix 1 update. Select Help>Check For Updates to download...
Version: 3.5,3.5a - Platform: Windows

1039: A declared function in COMSOL Multiphysics model seems to give...

I have a COMSOL Multiphysics model that solves for V. In the source term (right-hand side) of the PDE, I use an analytic function of V, f1(V), that I have defined in the Options->Functions dialog box. I do not get...
Version: 3.5,3.5a - Platform: All Platforms