System and apparatus for accessing a multiphysics modeling system via a design system user interface

An apparatus for controlling settings of a design system, the apparatus comprising:

• a physical computing system including a design system, the physical computing system including one or more processing units, one or more user input devices, one or more memory devices, and one or more communications interfaces, at least one of the one or more memory devices including executable instructions for controlling settings of the design system, the executable instructions causing at least one of the one or more processing units to perform, upon execution, the acts of:
• receiving, through at least one of the one or more communications interfaces, identifying data for a multiphysics modeling system in operative communication with the design system;
• transmitting model settings instructions to at least one of the one or more communications interfaces, the model settings instructions related to a multiphysics model at least partially residing in the multiphysics modeling system and at least partially represented in the design system;
• receiving model results at least partially derived from the transmitted model settings instructions, the model results received by at least one of the one or more communications interfaces and stored on at least one of the one of more memory devices;
• displaying at least a portion of the received model results in a graphical user interface in operative connection with the design system.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions executable on one or more processors associated with a design system, the instructions causing at least one of the one or more processing units to perform, upon execution, acts comprising:

• receiving a first electronic signal from one or more communications interfaces of the design system, the first electronic signal including identifying data associated with a multiphysics modeling system;
• sending instructions as a plurality of second electronic signals to at least one of the one or more communications interfaces, the instructions including model settings related to a multiphysics model at least partially associated with the multiphysics modeling system;
• receiving multiphysics model results as a third plurality of electronic signals from at least one of the one or more communications interfaces, the multiphysics model results derived from the model settings;
• displaying the multiphysics model result in a design system graphical user interface.