描述

Please note This entry concerns COMSOL 6.3. For COMSOL 6.2 and 6.1, please see Knowledge Base 1307 and Knowledge Base 1300 respectively.

System Requirements

  • COMSOL 6.3 for macOS Intel can not be used under Rosetta on Apple Silicon computers.
  • For the CAD Import Module and the Design Module, file import of the IGES and STEP, file formats requires Rosetta 2.

Notes on Performance

  • For optimal performance COMSOL uses only the performance cores of the Apple SoC. Because of this it may appear that COMSOL is not using all CPU resources.
  • Poor performance can be caused by setting COMSOL as a low priority process. This can happen, for example, when launching COMSOL from Cron or Launchd, or by enabling very conservative power saving settings in macOS.

Known Issues

  • Virtual memory usage is not properly reported.
  • External MATLAB® Function calls are not supported.
  • The PARDISO solver is not supported, so when PARDISO is selected COMSOL will automatically switch to the MUMPS solver with settings selected to emulate PARDISO.