Once you have finished all of the tasks involved in defining a model (such as defining the geometry of the model, assigning section properties, and defining contact), you can use the Job module to analyze your model. The Job module allows you to create a job, to submit it to ABAQUS/Standard or ABAQUS/Explicit for analysis, and to monitor its progress. If desired, you can create multiple models and jobs and run and monitor the jobs simultaneously.

In addition, you have the option of creating only the analysis input file for your model. This option allows you to view and edit the input file before submitting it for analysis. You can also view and edit the analysis keywords for a model by selecting ModelEdit Keywordsmodel name from the main menu bar.

You can create and submit a job based on an existing input file instead of an ABAQUS/CAE model; for example, if you have created an input file outside ABAQUS/CAE but would like to run the analysis, monitor its progress, and view the results in ABAQUS/CAE. Jobs can be created only for input files that do not contain references to other results files; for example, you cannot create a job based on an input file that contains a restart analysis.

If you have defined adaptive remeshing rules in the Mesh module, you can submit a mesh adaptivity process. ABAQUS/CAE submits a succession of jobs, each of which attempts to improve solution accuracy and reduce error indicators over the previous job.