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### ansys.meshing.prime.examples.download\_test\_examples(destination=None, force=False)

Download the example files necessary for unit testing.

- **Parameters:**
    
    **destination**: Path to download the test example files to. The default is `None`, in which case the default path for app data is used.
    
    **force**: Whether to always download the test example files. The default is `False`, in which case if the test example files are cached, they are reused.
- **Returns:**
    
    `List`\[[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)\] : Local paths to the downloaded test example files.
- **Return type:**
    
    [`Union`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/typing.html#typing.Union)\[[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str), [`PathLike`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/os.html#os.PathLike)\]

### Examples

```pycon
>>> import ansys.meshing.prime as prime
>>> import ansys.meshing.prime.examples as prime_examples
>>> with prime.launch_prime() as session:
>>>     model = session.model
>>>     examples = prime_examples.unit_test_examples.download_test_examples()

```