1.3 Enhancements to the ABAQUS environment file

The abq_ker_memory variable specifies the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated by the ABAQUS/CAE and ABAQUS/Viewer kernel (Memory and disk management parameters, Section 4.1.1 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).

The active_topology environment variable chooses between two internal ABAQUS/Standard algorithms that are associated with how the direct sparse solver accounts for changes in connectivity during an analysis. (Job customization parameters, Section 4.1.3 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).

The computer_location environment variable is a string that indicates the location of the local client computer. This parameter allows you to subtotal license usage reports by location (License management parameters, Section 4.1.6 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).

The convert_sdi parameter changes the default behavior for handling of severe discontinuity iterations in ABAQUS/Standard (Using the ABAQUS environment settings, Section 3.3.1 in the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual).

The lmlog environment variable indicates whether license usage data should be written to the FLEXnet debug log file (License management parameters, Section 4.1.6 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).

The madymo_home environment variable specifies the full path name to the directory containing the MADYMO installation (Job customization parameters, Section 4.1.3 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).

The plugin_central_dir environment variable specifies the full pathname of the directory containing ABAQUS/CAE plugins. In most cases this is a directory at a central location that is accessible to all users at your site. (System customization parameters, Section 4.1.4 in the ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide).