To upgrade an output database permanently, you must either open the file
with write permissions and convert it when prompted or use the
abaqus upgrade utility (see
Output Database Upgrade Utility).
You can use the abaqus upgrade utility to upgrade a
remote output database only from the system on which the database resides.
When a model database or an output database from a previous release is
opened,
Abaqus/CAE
does one of the following:
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If
Abaqus/CAE
has permission to write to the original file (i.e., it is an output database
file that you have chosen to open with write privileges or a model database
file), you are prompted to convert the file to the current release. During the
conversion
Abaqus/CAE
creates a backup of the original model or output database and the journal file
associated with the model database; the converted database file and the new
journal file are saved in the current directory (the directory from which you
opened
Abaqus/CAE)
with the original file names. If the database was opened from a directory other
than the current directory, that directory will still contain the original
version of the file with the original file name.
When the conversion is complete,
Abaqus/CAE
creates a log file called
file_name-upgrade.log that
indicates the result of the conversion. For upgrades of model database files,
Abaqus/CAE
also displays a dialog box that provides the name of the conversion log file
and includes the View the conversion log file option.
Toggle on this option, and click OK to display the
conversion log file in an
Abaqus/CAE
dialog box from which you can browse the log file or search its contents for
error messages.
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If you are opening a local output database file as read-only,
Abaqus/CAE
automatically creates a converted version of the output database that is saved
to a temporary location. The converted output database file is saved to the
directory defined by the $TMPDIR (Linux)
or TEMP (Windows)
environment variable on your system. This temporary version of the output
database file is deleted when you exit
Abaqus/CAE.
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If you are opening a remote output database file,
Abaqus/CAE
tries to create a converted version of the output database file that is saved
to a temporary location. The converted output database file is saved to the
/tmp directory on the remote system or to the directory
defined by the $TMPDIR environment variable on
the remote system. This temporary version of the output database file is
deleted when you exit
Abaqus/CAE.
When you upgrade an older model database, the upgrade process may place
keywords that you added manually to a model in the wrong location in the
upgraded input file. As a result, you may experience problems when you submit
the model for analysis in the
Job module.
If that is the case, you should open the upgraded model, return to the
Keywords Editor, and click Discard All
Edits to delete all of the keywords that you added. You can then
recreate the keywords in the correct location in the input file.