ABAQUS FAQ

The table below summarizes the various versions of ABAQUS on the SC systems.

1. Default versions are designated with an asterisk (*). Use the 'abaqus' command to invoke the default version.
2. For k2 and cosmos, you must load the abaqus module to initialize your environment for ABAQUS.
3. For k2 and cosmos, you must load the appropriate compiler module before you can use user defined subroutines.

Please refer to this page for getting started with modules.

ABAQUS Documentation

ABAQUS Documentation is available for the following versions:

• ABAQUS 6.4-5
• ABAQUS 6.5-6
• ABAQUS 6.6-3
• ABAQUS 6.7-2
• ABAQUS TUTORIAL

ABAQUS CAE/Viewer Problems

ABAQUS CAE is not supported (vendor decision) when run from one of the SC supercomputers and displayed on another computer. If you are having problems with ABAQUS CAE on k2, please try one of the following:

1. If using ABAQUS 6.4 or a later version, try the following command: '<abaqus> cae -mesa' where <abaqus> is abq645 for ABAQUS 6.4-5, abq656 for ABAQUS 6.5-6, etc.
2. If #1 does not work, try copying any necessary files to agave and running ABAQUS CAE WITHOUT the -mesa flag first. If you do not have an account on agave, please apply for one here.
3. If #2 does not work, try the '<abaqus> cae -mesa' command on agave where <abaqus> is abq645 for ABAQUS 6.4-5, abq656 for ABAQUS 6.5-6, etc.
4. If #3 does not work, then there are NO other possibilities for running ABAQUS CAE at this time.

The above may also apply to ABAQUS Viewer.

CAE/Viewer for ABAQUS 6.5 and up

Note that ABAQUS 6.6 CAE and Viewer are now available on the Linux workstations in the Computer Lab at the Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center (WERC). ABAQUS 6.5 and 6.6 CAE/Viewer are NOT available for k2 and agave.

More Information

More information about using ABAQUS can be found at the abaqus man page (via the man abaqus command). You may need to initialize your environment for ABAQUS to enable access to the man page. The ABAQUS man page on each system includes system specific such as working with the system's compilers and batch system.