This reference manual includes detailed descriptions of how to generate models, submit and monitor analysis jobs, and evaluate and visualize results using ABAQUS/CAE. Users of ABAQUS/Viewer, which is a subset of ABAQUS/CAE, should refer to Part V, Viewing results, for information on postprocessing.

This manual is a complete reference for all of the capabilities of both ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit and contains a description of the elements, material models, procedures, input specifications, etc. Usage information is provided for both the keyword and the ABAQUS/CAE interfaces.

This manual contains a complete description of all the user subroutines available for use in ABAQUS analyses. It also discusses the utility routines that can be used when coding subroutines.

This manual contains detailed examples designed to illustrate the approaches and decisions needed to perform challenging, real-world linear and nonlinear analysis. Many of the examples are worked with several different element types, mesh densities, and other variations.

This manual contains benchmark problems and standard analyses used to evaluate the performance of ABAQUS; the tests are multiple element tests of simple geometries or simplified versions of real problems. The NAFEMS benchmark problems are included in this manual.

This manual is designed to guide new users in creating solid, shell, and framework models with ABAQUS/CAE; analyzing these models with ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit; and viewing the results in the Visualization module of ABAQUS/CAE.

This manual is designed to help new users become familiar with the ABAQUS/Standard input file syntax for static and dynamic structural simulations.

This manual is designed to help new users become familiar with the ABAQUS/Explicit input file syntax for explicit dynamic and quasi-static structural simulations.

This manual contains instructions for navigating, viewing, and searching the ABAQUS HTML and PDF documentation.

This manual contains a complete description of all the input options that are available in ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit.

This manual contains detailed, precise discussions of all theoretical aspects of ABAQUS.

This manual contains basic test cases, providing verification of each individual program feature against exact calculations and other published results.

This manual contains brief descriptions of the new features available in the latest release of the ABAQUS product line.

This manual describes the ABAQUS Scripting Interface, which is an application programming interface (API) to the models and data used by ABAQUS. The manual takes you through the process of understanding the Python programming language and the ABAQUS Scripting Interface. Many examples are provided to help you develop your own scripts.

This manual contains a complete description of each command in the ABAQUS Scripting Interface.

This manual describes the ABAQUS GUI Toolkit, which allows you to customize the ABAQUS/CAE Graphical User Interface to address a specific set of problems. The manual is designed to guide you through the process of writing an application by explaining how to use the components of the toolkit and by providing snippets of example code.

This manual provides a command reference that lists the syntax of each command in the ABAQUS GUI Toolkit.

This manual describes how to use the ABAQUS Interface for MSC.ADAMS, an interface program that creates ABAQUS models of MSC.ADAMS components and converts the ABAQUS results into an MSC.ADAMS modal neutral file that can be used by the ADAMS/Flex program.

This manual describes how to use the ABAQUS Interface for MOLDFLOW, an interface program that creates a partial ABAQUS input file by translating results from a MOLDFLOW polymer processing simulation.

This manual describes how to install ABAQUS and how to configure the installation for particular circumstances.