Prerequisites and Limitations

You must satisfy the prerequisites before you can run the Abaqus component.

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Supported Versions of Software

Prerequisites

Before you can use the Abaqus component, you must have a supported version of Abaqus installed on your system (Design Gateway and/or SEE Station).

General Limitations

  • The Abaqus component does not support the colon character (:) in the name of any Abaqus input parameter.
  • The Abaqus component does not support the colon character (:) in the name of a material if the material name is appended to another parameter by defining ::BLOCK=*MATERIAL in the Abaqus Configuration File AbqConfig.txt. For more information on the Abaqus Configuration File, see The Abaqus Configuration File.
  • Use SMALauncher instead of abaqus.bat if
    • the UNC path is used in the model/output database file path.
    • the UNC path is used in the Abaqus component's run-time directory.
    • the UNC path is used in the station.properties file to specify the station’s working directory.