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 # download\_toy\_car\_pmdat

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### ansys.meshing.prime.examples.download\_toy\_car\_pmdat(destination=None, force=False)

Download the PMDAT file for the toy car example.

- **Parameters:**
    
    **destination**: Path to download the example file to. The default is `None`, in which case the default path for app data is used.
    
    **force**: Whether to download the example file. The default is `False`, in which case if the example file is cached, it is reused.
- **Returns:**
    
    [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str): Local path to the downloaded example file.
- **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
&gt;&gt;&gt; import ansys.meshing.prime as prime
&gt;&gt;&gt; import ansys.meshing.prime.examples as prime_examples
&gt;&gt;&gt; with prime.launch_prime() as session:
&gt;&gt;&gt;     model = session.model
&gt;&gt;&gt;     toy_car = prime_examples.download_toy_car_pmdat()
&gt;&gt;&gt;     with prime.FileIO(model) as io:
&gt;&gt;&gt;         _ = io.read_pmdat(toy_car, params=prime.FileReadParams(model))
&gt;&gt;&gt;     print(model)

```