ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual


18.4.2 Files required to restart an analysis

To restart an analysis, various files that were created by the previous analysis must be available in the directory from which you started the ABAQUS/CAE session.

ABAQUS/Standard

  • Output database (.odb)

  • Restart file (.res)

  • Model file (.mdl)

  • Part file (.prt)

  • State file (.stt)

ABAQUS/Explicit

  • Output database (.odb)

  • Restart file (.res)

  • Model file (.mdl)

  • Package file (.pac)

  • Part file (.prt)

  • State files (.abq and .stt)

  • Selected results file (.sel)

The restart analysis generates an error if any of these files are not available in the current directory.