Resolving conflicts in the input file

If you edit a keyword using the Keywords Editor and then use Abaqus/CAE to make a change to your model that refers to the same keyword, Abaqus/CAE cannot determine which version of the keyword to incorporate in the input file and writes text to the input file signaling the problem. As a result, an error is generated when you submit the model for analysis. If you display the input file using the Keywords Editor, any keywords or data lines that conflict are indicated by a *Conflicts statement. In addition, the *Conflicts statement indicates whether the text was generated by Abaqus/CAE or by the Keywords Editor. You should use the Keywords Editor to remove any unwanted keywords or data lines. You should also remove all the *Conflicts statements.

Certain input file conflicts cannot be resolved using the Keywords Editor; for example, conflicts caused by modifications to the input file line immediately following hidden data lines (see Adding unsupported keywords to your Abaqus/CAE model). In these situations you can use the Job module to write the complete input file to a text file (see Writing the input file only, for details). You can modify this input file using a text editor, then manually submit the modified input file for analysis (see Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit execution). To perform the analysis in Abaqus/CAE, create a new job in the Job module using the modified input file as the job source (see Creating a new analysis job).