This section contains information on using the Advanced Search options available in the ABAQUS HTML documentation in both the book and collection windows. Click Advanced Search in the navigation frame to display the Advanced Search window.
The Advanced Search window allows you to vary the default search behavior. The following topics are covered:To remove unwanted terms from the search, enter those terms in the Without the text field of the Advanced Search window. For example, if you want to search for occurrences of "continuum" without "shell" inside the same page, enter the following:
Use the Advanced Search options to restrict a search to a particular context. Occurrences of the search phrase that do not appear in that context are not included in the search results. The list of available search filters appears when you click the Limit search to menu button. By default, the search function locates words in All searchable text. To limit your search, choose from the following options (see Figure 4–8):
ABAQUS keywords: Keywords (also known as “options”) are preceded by an asterisk and appear in uppercase letters in the ABAQUS documentation. *SOLID SECTION is an example of an ABAQUS keyword.
ABAQUS parameters: In ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit the term is used to refer to a parameter that follows a keyword in an ABAQUS input file. Keyword parameters, which can be optional or required, provide additional information concerning the keyword. NLGEOM is an example of an ABAQUS parameter.
Parameter values: The value of an ABAQUS parameter. NEW is an example of an ABAQUS parameter value.
User subroutine names: User subroutines are subroutines you write to increase the functionality of ABAQUS options for which data line usage may be too restrictive. User subroutines are typically written as FORTRAN code. CREEP is an example of an ABAQUS user subroutine.
MPC names: MPCs (multi-point constraints) allow constraints to be imposed between different degrees of freedom of the model. BEAM is an example of an ABAQUS MPC.
Connector names: Connector elements in ABAQUS provide an easy and versatile way to model many types of physical mechanisms whose geometry is discrete (i.e., node-to-node), yet the kinematic and kinetic relationships describing the connection are complex. REVOLUTE is an example of an ABAQUS connector element.
GUI text: GUI text includes buttons and labels. Interference Fit is an example of GUI text.
ABAQUS Scripting Interface object: A Python object defined by the ABAQUS Scripting Interface. MeshEdge is an example of a Python object.
For example, if you are looking for the *ELASTIC keyword and not just any occurrence of the word “elastic,” type elastic in the Search text field and select the ABAQUS keywords search filter. The search function finds only cases where the word appears as part of a keyword name, such as *ELASTIC and *POROUS ELASTIC. If you type elastic in the Search text field without using a search filter, the search result includes any usage of the word “elastic.” If you are looking for occurrences of the word “creep” and you select the ABAQUS keywords search filter, the search function finds only cases where the word appears as part of a keyword name, such as *CREEP and *CREEP STRAIN. If you select the User subroutine names search filter, the search function finds only cases where the word is used as the name of user subroutine CREEP.
To search for a particular word or phrase near another word or phrase, use the Display occurrences within menu button. By default, the search function locates multiple search terms that appear inside the same HTML page. An HTML page is considered to be the scrollable content of the text frame in a book window. To control the area within which all words listed in the Search text field must appear, choose from the following options (see Figure 4–9):
The same HTML page: (the default) this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the scrollable content of the text frame.
The same HTML paragraph: this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the same paragraph.
The same sentence: this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the same sentence.
Titles: this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within any section title.
ABAQUS/CAE usage examples: this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within sections in the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual and the ABAQUS Release Notes that explain how to complete a specific procedure using ABAQUS/CAE.
Input file usage examples: this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within sections in the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual that explain how to complete a specific procedure using the keyword interface.
If the number of hits seems excessive, you can add more words to the Search text field or select another option to narrow the search.
To select the word form or derivative words that the search function will match, use the Match parameter. By default, the search function matches the exact spelling of the search term or phrases. The search function is insensitive to case. To change the word match selection, choose from the following options (see Figure 4–10):
Exact spelling: (default) this options finds only exact spelling matches.
Plural/Possessive: this option finds words containing s, es, 's, and s'; to find such words in a specific order, use quotation marks and Plural/Possessive.
Derived form: this option finds any words that can be derived from the search word; to find such words in a specific order, use quotation marks and Derived form.
Exact spelling finds
element
Plural/Possessive finds
element
elements
element's
elements'
Derived form finds
element
elements
elem
elementary
elemental
