Abaqus products

Abaqus/Standard

This general-purpose analysis product can solve a wide range of linear and nonlinear problems involving the static, dynamic, thermal, electrical, and electromagnetic response of components. Abaqus/Standard includes all analysis capabilities except those provided in the Abaqus/Explicit program and the add-on analysis functionality described below.

Abaqus/Explicit

This product provides nonlinear, transient, dynamic analysis of solids and structures using explicit time integration. Its powerful contact capabilities, reliability, and computational efficiency on large models also make it highly effective for quasi-static applications involving discontinuous nonlinear behavior.

Abaqus/CAE

This product is a Complete Abaqus Environment that provides a simple, consistent interface for creating, submitting, monitoring, and evaluating results from Abaqus simulations. Abaqus/CAE is divided into modules, where each module defines a logical aspect of the modeling process; for example, defining the geometry, defining material properties, generating a mesh, submitting analysis jobs, and interpreting results.

Abaqus/Viewer

This subset of Abaqus/CAE contains only the postprocessing capabilities of the Visualization module. It uses the output database (.odb) to obtain results from the analysis products. The output database is a neutral binary file. Therefore, results from an Abaqus analysis run on any platform can be viewed on any other platform supporting Abaqus/Viewer. It provides deformed configuration, contour, vector, and X–Y plots, as well as animation of results.

Abaqus/Aqua

This add-on analysis capability for Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit provides a capability for calculating drag and buoyancy loads based on steady current, wave, and wind effects for modeling offshore piping and floating platform structures. Abaqus/Aqua is applicable for structures that can be idealized using line elements, including beam, pipe, and truss elements.

Abaqus/Design

This add-on analysis capability for Abaqus/Standard allows the user to perform design sensitivity analysis (DSA). The derivatives of output variables are calculated with respect to specified design parameters.

Optimization module

This capability is available in Abaqus/CAE to perform shape and topology optimization. This functionality requires an additional license to submit an optimization process for analysis.

Abaqus/Foundation

This analysis option offers more efficient access to the linear static and dynamic analysis functionality in Abaqus/Standard.

CZone for Abaqus

This add-on capability for Abaqus/Explicit provides access to a state-of-the-art methodology for crush simulation based on CZone technology from Engenuity, Ltd. Targeted toward the design of composite components and assemblies, CZone for Abaqus provides for inclusion of material crush behavior in simulations of composite structures subjected to impact. This functionality requires an additional license.

Abaqus/AMS

This add-on analysis capability for Abaqus/Standard allows the user to select the automatic multi-level substructuring (AMS) eigensolver when performing a natural frequency extraction.

Co-simulation with MpCCI

This add-on analysis capability for Abaqus can be used to solve multiphysics problems by coupling Abaqus with any third-party analysis program that supports the MpCCI interface.

SIMULIA Associative Interface for Abaqus/CAE

This add-on capability for Abaqus/CAE creates a connection between a CATIA V6 session and an Abaqus/CAE session. This connection can be used to transfer model information from CATIA V6 to Abaqus/CAE. Subsequent modifications to the model in CATIA V6 can be propagated to the Abaqus/CAE model while retaining any analysis features (such as loads or boundary conditions) that were defined on the model in Abaqus/CAE. The CATIA V6 model in an assembly file (.eaf) format can also be imported directly into Abaqus/CAE.

CATIA V5 Associative Interface

This add-on capability for Abaqus/CAE creates a connection between a CATIA V5 session and an Abaqus/CAE session. This connection can be used to transfer model information from CATIA V5 to Abaqus/CAE. Subsequent modifications to the model in CATIA V5 can be propagated to the Abaqus/CAE model while retaining any analysis features (such as loads or boundary conditions) that were defined on the model in Abaqus/CAE. The geometry of CATIA V5-format Part (.CATPart) and Product (.CATProduct) files can also be imported directly into Abaqus/CAE.

SOLIDWORKS Associative Interface

This add-on capability for Abaqus/CAE creates a connection between a SOLIDWORKS session and an Abaqus/CAE session. This connection can be used to transfer model information from SOLIDWORKS to Abaqus/CAE. Subsequent modifications to the model in SOLIDWORKS can be propagated to the Abaqus/CAE model while retaining any analysis features (such as loads or boundary conditions) that were defined on the model in Abaqus/CAE.

Pro/ENGINEER Associative Interface

This add-on capability for Abaqus/CAE creates a connection between a Pro/ENGINEER session and an Abaqus/CAE session. This connection can be used to transfer model information between Pro/ENGINEER and Abaqus/CAE. Modifications to the model in Pro/ENGINEER can be propagated to the Abaqus/CAE model without affecting any analysis features (such as loads or boundary conditions) that were defined on the model in Abaqus/CAE, and certain geometric modifications can be made in Abaqus/CAE and propagated to the model in Pro/ENGINEER.

Abaqus/CAE Associative Interface for NX

This add-on capability for Abaqus/CAE creates a connection between an NX session and an Abaqus/CAE session. This connection can be used to transfer model data and to propagate design changes between NX and Abaqus/CAE. The Abaqus/CAE Associative Interface for NX can be purchased and downloaded from Elysium Inc. (http://www.elysiuminc.com).

Geometry Translator for CATIA V4

This add-on capability allows the user to import the geometry of CATIA V4-format parts and CATIA V4 assemblies (.model, .catdata, and .exp files) directly into Abaqus/CAE.

Geometry Translator for Parasolid

This add-on capability allows the user to import the geometry of Parasolid-format parts and Parasolid assemblies (.x_t, .x_b, and .xmt files) directly into Abaqus/CAE.

Abaqus translators are provided with the release. They are invoked through the Abaqus execution procedure. The translators and the commands to invoke them are described below:

• abaqus fromansys translates an ANSYS input file to an Abaqus input file.

• abaqus fromdyna translates an LS-DYNA keyword file to an Abaqus input file.

• abaqus fromnastran translates a Nastran bulk data file to an Abaqus input file.

• abaqus frompamcrash translates a PAM-CRASH input file to a partial Abaqus input file.

• abaqus fromradioss translates a RADIOSS input file to a partial Abaqus input file.

• abaqus adams translates the results in an AbaqusSIM database file into an MSC.ADAMS modal neutral (.mnf) file, the format required by ADAMS/Flex.

• abaqus moldflow translates finite element model information from a Moldflow analysis into a partial Abaqus input file.

• abaqus toexcite translates data in an Abaqus substructure SIM database to an EXCITE flexible body interface (.exb) file.

• abaqus tonastran translates an Abaqus input file to Nastran bulk data file format.

• abaqus toOutput2 translates an Abaqus output database file to the Nastran Output2 file format.

• abaqus tosimpack translates data in an Abaqus substructure SIM database to a SIMPACK flexible body interface (.fbi) file.

• abaqus tozaero enables you to exchange aeroelastic data between the Abaqus and ZAERO analysis products.

Additional programs are included with the release. They are all invoked through the Abaqus execution procedure. The utilities and the commands to invoke these programs are described below:

• abaqus append joins separate results files into a single file.

• abaqus ascfil translates Abaqus results files between ASCII and binary formats, which is useful for moving results files between different computer types.

• abaqus cosimulation runs a co-simulation using a single command where the analysis job options specify two Abaqus jobs.

• abaqus cse runs the SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine (CSE) Director process that governs co-simulation between Abaqus and third-party solvers. Typically, when performing a co-simulation between Abaqus solvers only, you are not required to invoke the CSE Director process; it is invoked automatically when you run the Abaqus co-simulation procedure using abaqus cosimulation.

• abaqus doc accesses the Abaqus documentation collection using a web browser.

• abaqus dymola runs a co-simulation between an Abaqus/Standard or Abaqus/Explicit model and a model exported from Dymola.

• abaqus emloads converts results output from an electromagnetic analysis for use as loads in a subsequent analysis.

• abaqus encrypt creates an encoded, password-protected version of an Abaqus input file, while abaqus decrypt converts an encrypted file back into its original, unencoded format.

• abaqus fetch extracts example input files from the libraries included with the release.

• abaqus findkeyword provides a list of sample problems that use the specified Abaqus options. This utility will help users find examples of features they may be using for the first time.

• abaqus fmu runs a co-simulation in cases where the more general co-simulation execution procedure does not support your co-simulation use of FMUs.

• abaqus licensing provides management and monitoring tools for FLEXnet and Dassault Systèmes (DS) licensing.

• abaqus make compiles and links user-written postprocessing programs for Abaqus and creates user-defined libraries of Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit user subroutines.

• abaqus mtxasm assembles element matrices contained in a SIM document and, optionally, writes the assembled matrices to text files.

• abaqus networkDBConnector creates a connection to a network ODB server that can be used to access a remote output database.

• abaqus odbcombine combines the results data in two or more Abaqus output database files into a single output database file.

• abaqus odbreport creates organized reports of output database information in text, HTML, or CSV file formats.

• abaqus odb2sim converts an output database (.odb) file containing model and results information to a SIM database (.sim) file, allowing you to use the Physics Results Explorer app on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for high-performance postprocessing of analysis results.

• abaqus python accesses the Python interpreter.

• abaqus restartjoin appends an output database file produced by a restart analysis of a model to the output database produced by the original analysis of that model.

• abaqus resume resumes an Abaqus analysis job.

• abaqus script initiates a Python scripting session.

• abaqus sim_version converts a SIM database file from one release to another, queries a SIM database file for its SIM release level, or determines the SIM release level of the current code you are using.

• abaqus substructurecombine combines the model and results data produced by two of a model's substructures into a single output database file.

• abaqus suspend suspends an Abaqus analysis job.

• abaqus sysVerify provides a way to ensure that the hardware running the Abaqus solvers provides the same results data as that obtained at SIMULIA during Quality Assurance testing.

• abaqus terminate terminates an Abaqus analysis job.

• abaqus upgrade upgrades an input file or output database file from earlier releases of Abaqus to the current release.

Support for abaqus free (convert all fixed format data in an input file to free format) is removed in this release.

The Abaqus HTML documentation has changed to provide a more modern look and feel consistent with Dassault Systèmes brand user assistance.

In addition, the following changes have been made:

• The former Abaqus Analysis User's Guide has been divided into nine separate guides: Analysis, Constraints, Elements, Execution, Interactions, Introduction & Modeling, Materials, Output, and Prescribed Conditions.
• The former Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide has been restructured, with content delivered in the SIMULIA Established Products Installation Guide, the SIMULIA Licensing Guide, and the Abaqus Configuration Guide.
• The Using Abaqus Online Documentation and Abaqus Glossary guides have been removed from the collection.
• When you request context-sensitive help on an item in Abaqus/CAE, the entire online documentation collection is displayed and opened to the relevant topic.
• PDF documentation will be made available following the general availability release.
• The search capability has changed.

Check the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base at http://www.3ds.com/support/knowledge-base for updated information about using the documentation.

Abaqus/CFD and related functionality in Abaqus/CAE have been deprecated in this release. Postprocessing of previously generated Abaqus/CFD results is possible, but execution of new models is no longer supported. Previously created CFD models can be viewed in Abaqus/CAE, but they cannot be edited. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) in Abaqus/CAE that uses Abaqus/CFD is also deprecated in this release as a consequence of this change.

Fluid flow simulation functionality is available on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Steady-state and transient fluid flow analyses are available within the Fluid Mechanics Analyst and Fluid Dynamics Engineer roles. FSI analyses are fully supported within the Multi-scale Systems Analyst role.