The default Commands directory for Windows is: C:\SIMULIA\Commands\ and for Linux it is: /var/DassaultSystemes/SIMULIA/Commands/ On Windows the installer prepends the Commands directory path to the PATH environment variable, if it is not already present in the current PATH variable. On Linux platforms the Commands directory should be prepended to each user's path manually. Selecting any of the Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit, or Abaqus/CAE installation components activates the Commands directory and creates Abaqus shortcuts. Similarly, selecting the Tosca Structure installation component creates Tosca shortcuts and selecting the fe-safe installation component creates fe-safe shortcuts. Each shortcut in the Commands directory conforms to a specific syntax: prefix + release level + (optionally) 'hf' + HFnum. The prefix for each shortcut is as follows:
For example, the 2024 GA shortcut for Abaqus is abq2024, and for Tosca command line is tosca2024. For hot fix (maintenance) releases, the release-specific shortcut appends the hot fix number. For example, for 2024 hot fix 3, the fe-safe GUI shortcut is fe-safe2024hf3. In addition, each product launcher has a 'latest' shortcut that always points to the most recent GA or HF release for that product. For instance, if abq2021, abq2021hf9, abq2022, and abq2022hf4 are available in the Commands directory, the 'latest' shortcut 'abaqus' is created, and launches the abq2022hf4 release because it is the latest available release located in the Commands directory for Abaqus. The installer re-evaluates the 'latest' shortcut for a given product every time one of that product's shortcuts in the Commands directory is updated. So, in this example, if the installation to which abq2022hf4 points is upgraded to release 2022hf5, the abq2022hf4 shortcut is renamed to abq2022hf5, and the 'latest' Abaqus shortcut now points to abq2022hf5. The 'latest' shortcut for each product is as follows:
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