Specifying general job settings

To locate the job editor, select JobEditjobname from the main menu bar. Use the General tabbed page to configure miscellaneous job settings. You can configure the following:

Related Topics
Understanding analysis jobs
Using the job editor
Creating, editing, and manipulating co-executions
Preprocessor Printout

The Preprocessor Printout options allow you to control whether Abaqus prints an echo of the input data, contact constraints, model definition data, and history data to the data (.dat) file. By default, each of these options is toggled on.

Preprocessor printout options are not available for a job associated with an input file; you must specify these options in the input file itself.

Scratch directory

The Scratch directory option allows you to specify the name of the directory used for scratch files. On Linux systems the default scratch directory is the value of the $TMPDIR environment variable or /tmp if the variable is not defined. On Windows systems the default scratch directory is the value of the TEMP environment variable or \TEMP if the variable is not defined. To specify a scratch directory, you can do one of the following:

  • Click in the Scratch directory text field, and type the directory path.

  • Click to display the Select Scratch Directory dialog box, and select the directory of your choice.

User subroutine file

Provide the name of the file containing all user subroutines that are referred to by the model. To specify a user subroutine file, you can do one of the following:

  • Click in the User subroutine file text field, and type the file path.

  • Click to display the Select User Subroutine File dialog box, and select the file of your choice.

If your model refers to a user subroutine but you do not specify the name of the subroutine file in the General tabbed page, Abaqus generates an error that is reported by the job monitor dialog box. (You can display the job monitor dialog box by selecting JobMonitorjob of your choice from the main menu bar.) For more information on subroutines, see User Subroutines and Utilities.

Results Format

The Results Format options allow you to write the results from an Abaqus analysis in ODB format or SIM format. For an Abaqus/Standard or Abaqus/Explicit analysis, you can also write the results to both formats. For more information, see The output database.

Note:

If you select the ODB format, a .sim file may still be created; however, it will not contain the analysis results.

You can use the Abaqus environment file (abaqus_v6.env) to control the default value of most of the settings in the General tabbed page; for more information, see Environment File Settings.