To create and submit an analysis job:

In the Model Tree, double-click the Jobs container to create a job.

The Create Job dialog box appears.

Name the job PullHinge, and click Continue.

The job editor appears.

In the Description field, type Hinge tutorial.

Click the tabs to see the contents of the job editor, and review the default settings. Click OK to accept all the default job settings.

In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job named PullHinge and select Submit from the menu that appears to submit your job for analysis.

The job can take anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes, depending on your system.

In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job name and select Monitor from the menu that appears to monitor the analysis as it runs.

A dialog box appears with the name of your job in the title bar and a status chart for the analysis. Messages appear in the lower panel of the dialog box as the job progresses. Click the Errors and Warnings tabs to check for problems in the analysis.

Once the analysis is underway, an X–Y plot of the values of the degree of freedom that you selected to monitor earlier in the tutorial appears in a separate window in the viewport. (You may need to scroll to the right to see it.) You can follow the progression of the node's displacement over time in the 1-direction as the analysis runs.

When the job completes successfully, the status of the job appearing in the Model Tree changes to Completed. You are now ready to view the results of the analysis with the Visualization module. In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job name and select Results from the menu that appears.

ABAQUS/CAE enters the Visualization module, opens the output database created by the job, and displays a plot of the model.

Note:  You can also enter the Visualization module by clicking Visualization in the Module list located under the toolbar. However, in this case ABAQUS/CAE requires you to open the output database explicitly using the File menu.