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 # download\_turbine\_blade\_cdb

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### ansys.meshing.prime.examples.download\_turbine\_blade\_cdb(destination=None, force=False)

Download the CDB file for the turbine blade example.

- **Return type:**
    
    [`Union`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/typing.html#typing.Union)\[[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str), [`PathLike`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/os.html#os.PathLike)\]

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.

### 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;     turbine_blade_mesh = prime_examples.download_turbine_blade_cdb()
&gt;&gt;&gt;     with prime.FileIO(model) as io:
&gt;&gt;&gt;         _ = io.import_mapdl_cdb(
&gt;&gt;&gt;             turbine_blade_mesh,
&gt;&gt;&gt;             params=prime.ImportMapdlCdbParams(model),
&gt;&gt;&gt;         )
&gt;&gt;&gt;     print(model)

```