Starting Abaqus/CAE

To start Abaqus/CAE, you enter the command 

abaqus cae
at your operating system prompt, where abaqus is the command used to run Abaqus. This command may be different on your system.

When Abaqus/CAE begins, the Start Session dialog box appears. The following session startup options are available:

  • Create Model Database: With Standard/Explicit Model allows you to begin a new Abaqus/Standard or Abaqus/Explicit analysis.

  • Create Model Database: With Electromagnetic Model allows you to begin a new electromagnetic analysis.

  • Open Database allows you to open a previously saved model or output database file.

  • Run Script allows you to run a file containing Abaqus/CAE commands.

  • Start Tutorial allows you to begin an introductory tutorial from the online documentation.

  • Recent Files allows you to open one of the five model database files or output database files that were most recently opened in Abaqus/CAE.

Figure 1. The Start Session dialog box.