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#### DownloadManager.download\_file(filename, \*directory, destination=None, force=False)

Download an example file from the PyPrimeMesh repository.

**Parameters:**

**filename**

Name of the example file to download.

**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 always download the example file. The default is `False`, in which case if the example file is cached, it is reused.

**directory**

Path under the PyAnsys Github examples repository.

**Returns:**

[`tuple`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#tuple)\[[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str), [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)\] Tuple containing the filepath to use and the local filepath of the downloaded directory. The two are different in case of containers.

**Return type:**

[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)