The ABAQUS Scripting Interface is an application programming interface (API) to the models and data used by ABAQUS. The ABAQUS Scripting Interface is an extension of the Python object-oriented programming language; ABAQUS Scripting Interface scripts are Python scripts. You can use the ABAQUS Scripting Interface to do the following:
Create and modify the components of an ABAQUS model, such as parts, materials, loads, and steps.
Create, modify, and submit ABAQUS analysis jobs.
Read from and write to an ABAQUS output database.
View the results of an analysis.
This section provides an introduction to the ABAQUS Scripting Interface. The following topics are covered: