Abaqus keyword browser table

Use the following table to determine which Abaqus/CAE module (or toolset) contains the functionality associated with a particular Abaqus keyword. To view documentation for the module (or toolset), click the module (or toolset) name shown in the table. Most currently unsupported keywords can be added to your model using the Keywords Editor.

To see keywords beginning with a particular letter of the alphabet, click that letter in the table below.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Table 1. Keyword browser table.
Keyword Purpose Module Products
ACOUSTIC CONTRIBUTION

Request the computation of the acoustic contribution factors for the linear, eigenmode-based, steady-state dynamic procedure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ACOUSTIC FLOW VELOCITY

Specify flow velocities as a predefined field for acoustic elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ACOUSTIC MEDIUM

Specify an acoustic medium.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ACOUSTIC WAVE FORMULATION

Specify the type of formulation in acoustic problems with incident wave loading.

Model attribute

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ACTIVATE ELEMENTS

Activate elements within a step.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ADAPTIVE MESH

Define an adaptive mesh domain.

Supported in the Step module; only one adaptive mesh domain can be defined per step.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ADAPTIVE MESH CONSTRAINT

Specify constraints on the motion of the mesh for an adaptive mesh domain.

Displacement and velocity adaptive mesh constraints are supported in the Step module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ADAPTIVE MESH CONTROLS

Specify controls for the adaptive meshing and advection algorithms.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT

Activate adaptive mesh refinement in an Eulerian domain.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

ADJUST

Adjust user-specified nodal coordinates to lie on a given surface.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

AMPLITUDE

Define an amplitude curve.

Amplitude toolset; bubble loading is not supported. Similar functionality is available in the Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ANISOTROPIC HYPERELASTIC

Specify anisotropic hyperelastic properties for approximately incompressible materials.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ANNEAL

Anneal the structure.

Step module

Abaqus/Explicit

ANNEAL TEMPERATURE

Specify material properties for modeling annealing or melting.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

AQUA

Define fluid variables for use in loading immersed beam-type structures.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Aqua

ASSEMBLY

Begin an assembly definition.

Assembly module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ASYMMETRIC-AXISYMMETRIC

Define areas of integration for contact elements used with CAXAn or SAXAn elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

AXIAL

Used to define the axial behavior of beams.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BASE MOTION

Define the base motion for linear, eigenmode-based, dynamic procedures.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BASELINE CORRECTION

Include baseline correction.

Amplitude toolset

Abaqus/Standard

BEAM ADDED INERTIA

Define additional beam inertia.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BEAM FLUID INERTIA

Define additional beam inertia due to immersion in a fluid.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BEAM GENERAL SECTION

Specify a beam section when numerical integration over the section is not required.

General beam sections with linear response are supported in the Property module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BEAM SECTION

Specify a beam section when numerical integration over the section is required.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BEAM SECTION GENERATE

Generate beam section properties for a meshed cross-section.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BEAM SECTION OFFSET

Define an offset for the beam cross-section origin.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BIAXIAL TEST DATA

Used to provide biaxial test data (compression and/or tension).

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BLOCKAGE

Control contacting surfaces for blockage.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

BOND

Define bonds and bonding properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

BOUNDARY

Specify boundary conditions.

Load module; fluid cavity pressure and generalized plane strain boundary conditions are not supported.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

BRITTLE CRACKING

Define brittle cracking properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

BRITTLE FAILURE

Specify brittle failure criterion.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

BRITTLE SHEAR

Define the postcracking shear behavior of a material used with the brittle cracking model.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

BUCKLE

Obtain eigenvalue buckling estimates.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

BUCKLING ENVELOPE

Define a nondefault buckling envelope for buckling strut response of frame elements with PIPE sections.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BUCKLING LENGTH

Define buckling length data for buckling strut response of frame elements with PIPE sections.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BUCKLING REDUCTION FACTORS

Define buckling reduction factors for buckling strut response of frame elements with PIPE sections.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

BULK VISCOSITY

Modify bulk viscosity parameters.

Step module

Abaqus/Explicit

C ADDED MASS

Specify concentrated added mass in a FREQUENCY step.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Aqua

CAP CREEP

Specify a cap creep law and material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

CAP HARDENING

Specify Drucker-Prager/Cap plasticity hardening.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CAP PLASTICITY

Specify the Modified Drucker-Prager/Cap plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CAPACITY

Define the molar heat capacity at constant pressure for an ideal gas species.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Explicit

CAST IRON COMPRESSION HARDENING

Specify hardening in compression for the gray cast iron plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CAST IRON PLASTICITY

Specify plastic material properties for gray cast iron.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CAST IRON TENSION HARDENING

Specify hardening in tension for the gray cast iron plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CAVITY DEFINITION

Define a cavity for thermal radiation.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CECHARGE

Specify concentrated electric charges in piezoelectric analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

CECURRENT

Specify concentrated current in an electric conduction analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

CENTROID

Define the position of the centroid of the beam section.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CFILM

Define film coefficients and associated sink temperatures at one or more nodes or vertices.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CFLOW

Specify concentrated fluid flow.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

CFLUX

Specify concentrated fluxes in heat transfer or mass diffusion analyses.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CHANGE FRICTION

Change friction properties.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH

Define characteristic element length at a material point.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CLAY HARDENING

Specify hardening for the clay plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CLAY PLASTICITY

Specify the extended Cam-clay plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CLEARANCE

Specify a particular initial clearance value and a contact direction for the slave nodes on a surface.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CLOAD

Specify concentrated forces and moments.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

Abaqus/Aqua

COHESIVE BEHAVIOR

Specify contact cohesive behavior properties.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

COHESIVE SECTION

Specify element properties for cohesive elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

COMBINED TEST DATA

Specify simultaneously the normalized shear and bulk compliances or relaxation moduli as functions of time.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

COMPLEX FREQUENCY

Extract complex eigenvalues and modal vectors.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

COMPOSITE MODAL DAMPING

Specify composite modal damping for modal analyses based on the SIM architecture.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CONCRETE

Define concrete properties beyond the elastic range.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

CONCRETE COMPRESSION DAMAGE

Define compression damage properties for the concrete damaged plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONCRETE COMPRESSION HARDENING

Define hardening in compression for the concrete damaged plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONCRETE DAMAGED PLASTICITY

Define flow potential, yield surface, and viscosity parameters for the concrete damaged plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONCRETE TENSION DAMAGE

Define postcracking damage properties for the concrete damaged plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONCRETE TENSION STIFFENING

Define postcracking properties for the concrete damaged plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONDUCTIVITY

Specify thermal conductivity.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR

Begin the specification of a connector behavior.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR CONSTITUTIVE REFERENCE

Define reference lengths and angles to be used in specifying connector constitutive behavior.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR DAMAGE EVOLUTION

Specify connector damage evolution for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR DAMAGE INITIATION

Specify connector damage initiation criteria for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR DAMPING

Define connector damping behavior.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR DERIVED COMPONENT

Specify user-defined components in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR ELASTICITY

Define connector elastic behavior.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR FAILURE

Define a failure criterion for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR FRICTION

Define friction forces and moments in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR HARDENING

Define the plasticity initial yield value and hardening behavior in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR LOAD

Specify loads for available components of relative motion in connector elements.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR LOCK

Define a locking criterion for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR MOTION

Specify the motion of available components of relative motion in connector elements.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR PLASTICITY

Define plasticity behavior in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR POTENTIAL

Specify user-defined potentials in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR SECTION

Specify connector attributes for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR STOP

Specify connector stops for connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONNECTOR UNIAXIAL BEHAVIOR

Define uniaxial behavior in connector elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Explicit

CONSTITUENT

Define a constituent in the multiscale material.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CONSTRAINT CONTROLS

Reset overconstraint checking controls.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT

Begin the definition of general contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT CLEARANCE

Define contact clearance properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT CLEARANCE ASSIGNMENT

Assign contact clearances between surfaces in the general contact domain.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT CONTROLS

Specify additional controls for contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT CONTROLS ASSIGNMENT

Assign contact controls for the general contact algorithm.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT DAMPING

Define viscous damping between contacting surfaces.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT EXCLUSIONS

Specify self-contact surfaces or surface pairings to exclude from the general contact domain.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT FILE

Define results file requests for contact variables.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT FORMULATION

Specify a nondefault contact formulation for the general contact algorithm.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT INCLUSIONS

Specify self-contact surfaces or surface pairings to include in the general contact domain.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT INITIALIZATION ASSIGNMENT

Assign contact initialization methods for general contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT INITIALIZATION DATA

Define contact initialization methods for general contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT INTERFERENCE

Prescribe time-dependent allowable interferences of contact pairs and contact elements.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT OUTPUT

Specify contact variables to be written to the output database.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT PAIR

Define surfaces that contact each other.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT PERMEABILITY

Specify fluid permeability contact property.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT PRINT

Define print requests for contact variables.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CONTACT PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT

Assign contact properties for the general contact algorithm.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CONTACT RESPONSE

Define contact responses for design sensitivity analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

CONTACT STABILIZATION

Define contact stabilization controls for general contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CONTOUR INTEGRAL

Provide contour integral estimates.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CONTROLS

Reset solution controls.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

CONWEP CHARGE PROPERTY

Define a CONWEP charge for incident waves.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CORRELATION

Define cross-correlation properties for random response loading.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CO-SIMULATION

Identify that the current step is a co-simulation step in Abaqus.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CO-SIMULATION CONTROLS

Specify the coupling and rendezvousing scheme for co-simulation.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CO-SIMULATION REGION

Identify the interface regions in the Abaqus model and specify the fields to be exchanged during co-simulation.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT

Fully coupled, simultaneous heat transfer and stress analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

COUPLED THERMAL-ELECTRICAL

Fully coupled, simultaneous heat transfer and electrical analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

COUPLING

Define a surface-based coupling constraint.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CRADIATE

Specify radiation conditions and associated sink temperatures at one or more nodes or vertices.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CREEP

Define a creep law.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

CREEP STRAIN RATE CONTROL

Control loadings based on the maximum equivalent creep strain rate.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

CRUSH STRESS

Define the crush stress of a material.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CRUSH STRESS VELOCITY FACTOR

Define how the approach velocity at a crushing interface influences a material's resistance to crushing.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

CRUSHABLE FOAM

Specify the crushable foam plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CRUSHABLE FOAM HARDENING

Specify hardening for the crushable foam plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CYCLED PLASTIC

Specify cycled yield stress data for the ORNL model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

CYCLIC

Define cyclic symmetry for a cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

CYCLIC HARDENING

Specify the size of the elastic range for the combined hardening model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

CYCLIC SYMMETRY MODEL

Define the number of sectors and the axis of symmetry for a cyclic symmetric structure.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

D ADDED MASS

Specify distributed added mass in a FREQUENCY step.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Aqua

D EM POTENTIAL

Specify distributed surface magnetic vector potential.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DAMAGE EVOLUTION

Specify material properties to define the evolution of damage.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DAMAGE INITIATION

Specify material and contact properties to define the initiation of damage.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DAMAGE STABILIZATION

Specify viscosity coefficients for the damage model for fiber-reinforced materials, surface-based cohesive behavior or cohesive behavior in enriched elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DAMPING

Specify material damping.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DAMPING CONTROLS

Specify damping controls.

Supported in the Step module only for substructure generation.

Abaqus/Standard

DASHPOT

Define dashpot behavior.

Property module and Interaction module; supported only for linear behavior independent of field variables. For nonlinear behavior or to include field variables, model connectors in the Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DEBOND

Activate crack propagation capability and specify debonding amplitude curve.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

DECHARGE

Input distributed electric charges for piezoelectric analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DECURRENT

Specify distributed current densities in an electromagnetic analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DEFORMATION PLASTICITY

Specify the deformation plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

DENSITY

Specify material mass density.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DEPVAR

Specify solution-dependent state variables.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DESIGN GRADIENT

Directly specify design gradients for design sensitivity analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

DESIGN PARAMETER

Specify design parameters with respect to which sensitivities are calculated.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

DESIGN RESPONSE

Specify responses for design sensitivity analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

DETONATION POINT

Define detonation points for a JWL explosive equation of state.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DFLOW

Specify distributed seepage flows for consolidation analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DFLUX

Specify distributed fluxes in computational fluid dynamics and mass diffusion analyses and specify distributed fluxes and nonuniform concentrated fluxes in heat transfer analyses.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DIAGNOSTICS

Control diagnostic messages.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DIELECTRIC

Specify dielectric material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

DIFFUSIVITY

Specify mass diffusivity.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

DIRECT CYCLIC

Obtain the stabilized cyclic response of a structure directly.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

DISCRETE ELASTICITY

Specify effective elastic material properties for discrete particles.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

DISCRETE SECTION

Specify element properties for discrete elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

DISPLAY BODY

Define a part instance that will be used for display only.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DISTRIBUTING

Define a distributing coupling constraint.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DISTRIBUTING COUPLING

Specify nodes and weighting for distributing coupling elements.

Unsupported; this option has been superseded by coupling constraints used in conjunction with the distributing option.

Abaqus/Standard

DISTRIBUTION

Define spatial distributions.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DISTRIBUTION TABLE

Define a distribution table.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DLOAD

Specify distributed loads.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

Abaqus/Aqua

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION

Define a region for domain decomposition and/or define constraints on the domain decomposition.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

DRAG CHAIN

Specify parameters for drag chain elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

DRUCKER PRAGER

Specify the extended Drucker-Prager plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DRUCKER PRAGER CREEP

Specify a Drucker-Prager creep law and material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

DRUCKER PRAGER HARDENING

Specify hardening for Drucker-Prager plasticity models.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DSA CONTROLS

Set DSA solution controls.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

DSECHARGE

Input distributed electric surface charges for piezoelectric analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DSECURRENT

Specify distributed current densities over a surface in an electromagnetic analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DSFLOW

Specify distributed seepage flows normal to a surface.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

DSFLUX

Specify distributed surface fluxes for heat transfer analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DSLOAD

Specify distributed surface loads.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DYNAMIC

Dynamic stress/displacement analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT

Dynamic coupled thermal-stress analysis using explicit integration.

Step module

Abaqus/Explicit

EL FILE

Define results file requests for element variables.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EL PRINT

Define data file requests for element variables.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ELASTIC

Specify elastic material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ELCOPY

Create elements by copying from an existing element set.

Not applicable; copying portions of sketches and instancing of parts serve similar purposes.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Specify electrical conductivity.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

ELECTROMAGNETIC

Electromagnetic response.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

ELEMENT

Define elements by giving their nodes.

Mesh module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ELEMENT MATRIX OUTPUT

Write element stiffness matrices and mass matrices to a file.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ELEMENT OPERATOR OUTPUT

Write element operator output to a SIM document.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ELEMENT OUTPUT

Define output database requests for element variables.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ELEMENT PROGRESSIVE ACTIVATION

Define the element progressive activation feature and its properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ELEMENT RESPONSE

Define element responses for design sensitivity analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

ELGEN

Incremental element generation.

Not applicable; elements are generated when you mesh the model.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ELSET

Assign elements to an element set.

Set toolset

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EMBEDDED ELEMENT

Specify an element or a group of elements that lie embedded in a group of “host” elements in a model.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EMISSIVITY

Specify surface emissivity.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

END ASSEMBLY

End the definition of an assembly.

Assembly module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

END INSTANCE

End the definition of an instance.

Assembly module for part instances not imported from a previous analysis; Load module for part instances imported from a previous analysis

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

END LOAD CASE

End the definition of a load case for multiple load case analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

END PART

End the definition of a part.

Part module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

END STEP

End the definition of a step.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ENERGY FILE

Write energy output to the results file.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ENERGY OUTPUT

Define output database requests for whole model or element set energy data.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ENERGY PRINT

Print a summary of the total energies.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

ENRICHMENT

Specify an enriched feature and the properties of the enrichment.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

ENRICHMENT ACTIVATION

Activate or deactivate an enriched feature.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

EOS

Specify an equation of state model.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

EOS COMPACTION

Specify plastic compaction behavior for an equation of state model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EPJOINT

Define properties for elastic-plastic joint elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

EQUATION

Define linear multi-point constraints.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EULERIAN BOUNDARY

Define inflow and outflow conditions at Eulerian mesh boundaries.

Load module

Abaqus/Explicit

EULERIAN MESH MOTION

Define the motion of an Eulerian mesh.

Load module

Abaqus/Explicit

EULERIAN SECTION

Specify element properties for Eulerian elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

EVENT SERIES

Define the event series data.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

EVENT SERIES TYPE

Define the type of an event series.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

EXPANSION

Specify thermal or field expansion.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

EXTREME ELEMENT VALUE

Define element variables to be monitored.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

EXTREME NODE VALUE

Define nodal variables to be monitored.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

EXTREME VALUE

Define element and nodal variables to be monitored.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FABRIC

Specify the in-plane response of a fabric material.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FAIL STRAIN

Define parameters for strain-based failure measures.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FAIL STRESS

Define parameters for stress-based failure measures.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FAILURE RATIOS

Define the shape of the failure surface for a CONCRETE model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

FASTENER

Define mesh-independent fasteners.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FASTENER PROPERTY

Prescribe mesh-independent fastener properties.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FIELD

Specify predefined field variable values.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FILE FORMAT

Specify format for results file output and invoke zero-increment results file output.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE does not use the results file.

Abaqus/Standard

FILE OUTPUT

Define output written to the results file.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Explicit

FILM

Define film coefficients and associated sink temperatures.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FILM PROPERTY

Define a film coefficient as a function of temperature and field variables.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FILTER

Define a filter and/or operator for output filtering and/or operating.

Filter toolset

Abaqus/Explicit

FIXED MASS SCALING

Specify mass scaling at the beginning of the step.

Step module

Abaqus/Explicit

FLEXIBLE BODY

Generate a flexible body from a substructure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FLOW

Define seepage coefficients and associated sink pore pressures.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FLUID BEHAVIOR

Define fluid behavior for a fluid cavity.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID BULK MODULUS

Define compressibility for a hydraulic fluid.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID CAVITY

Define a fluid cavity.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID DENSITY

Specify hydrostatic fluid density.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID EXCHANGE

Define fluid exchange.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID EXCHANGE ACTIVATION

Activate fluid exchange definitions.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID EXCHANGE PROPERTY

Define the fluid exchange property for flow in or out of a fluid cavity.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID EXPANSION

Specify the thermal expansion coefficient for a hydraulic fluid.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID FLUX

Change the amount of fluid in a fluid-filled cavity.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID INFLATOR

Define a fluid inflator.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID INFLATOR ACTIVATION

Activate fluid inflator definitions.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID INFLATOR MIXTURE

Define gas species used for a fluid inflator.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID INFLATOR PROPERTY

Define a fluid inflator property.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

FLUID LEAKOFF

Define fluid leak-off coefficients for pore pressure cohesive elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

FLUID PIPE CONNECTOR LOSS

Specify fluid pipe connector element loss.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FLUID PIPE CONNECTOR SECTION

Specify fluid pipe connector element section properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FLUID PIPE FLOW LOSS

Specify fluid pipe element loss.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FLUID PIPE SECTION

Specify fluid pipe element section properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FOUNDATION

Prescribe element foundations.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

FRACTURE CRITERION

Specify crack propagation criteria.

Property module and Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

FRAME SECTION

Specify a frame section.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

FREQUENCY

Extract natural frequencies and modal vectors.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/AMS

FRICTION

Specify a friction model.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

GAP

Specify clearance and local geometry for GAP-type elements.

Unsupported; similar functionality is available by modeling connectors.

Abaqus/Standard

GAP CONDUCTANCE

Introduce heat conductance between interface surfaces.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

GAP ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE

Specify electrical conductance between surfaces.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

GAP FLOW

Define constitutive parameters for tangential flow in pore pressure cohesive elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GAP HEAT GENERATION

Introduce heat generation due to energy dissipation at the interface.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

GAP RADIATION

Introduce heat radiation between surfaces.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

GAS SPECIFIC HEAT

Define reacted product's specific heat for an ignition and growth equation of state.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

GASKET BEHAVIOR

Begin the specification of a gasket behavior.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GASKET CONTACT AREA

Specify a gasket contact area or contact width for average pressure output.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GASKET ELASTICITY

Specify elastic properties for the membrane and transverse shear behaviors of a gasket.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GASKET SECTION

Specify element properties for gasket elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GASKET THICKNESS BEHAVIOR

Specify a gasket thickness-direction behavior.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GEL

Define a swelling gel.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

GEOSTATIC

Obtain a geostatic stress field.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

GLOBAL DAMPING

Specify global damping.

Supported in the Step module only for substructure generation.

Abaqus/Standard

HEADING

Print a heading on the output.

Job module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

HEAT GENERATION

Include volumetric heat generation in heat transfer analyses.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

HEAT TRANSFER

Transient or steady-state uncoupled heat transfer analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

HEATCAP

Specify a point capacitance.

Property module and Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

HOURGLASS STIFFNESS

Specify nondefault hourglass stiffness.

Mesh module

Abaqus/Standard

HYPERELASTIC

Specify elastic properties for approximately incompressible elastomers.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

HYPERFOAM

Specify elastic properties for a hyperelastic foam.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

HYPOELASTIC

Specify hypoelastic material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

HYSTERESIS

Specify a rate-dependent elastomer model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

IMPEDANCE

Define impedances for acoustic analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPEDANCE PROPERTY

Define the impedance parameters for an acoustic medium boundary.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPERFECTION

Introduce geometric imperfections for postbuckling analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPORT

Import information from a previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

Supported for use in conjunction with part instances; importing selected part instances stored in an output database is supported using the File menu and importing the initial state of part instances is supported in the Load module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPORT CONTROLS

Specify tolerances used in importing model and results data.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPORT ELSET

Import element set definitions from a previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

IMPORT NSET

Import node set definitions from a previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE

Define incident wave loading for a blast or scattering load on a boundary.

Unsupported; this option has been superseded by incident wave interactions.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE FLUID PROPERTY

Define the fluid properties associated with an incident wave.

Unsupported; this option has been superseded by incident wave interaction properties.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE INTERACTION

Define incident wave loading for a blast or scattering load on a surface.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE INTERACTION PROPERTY

Define the geometric data and fluid properties describing an incident wave.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY

Define the geometric data describing an incident wave.

Unsupported; this option has been superseded by incident wave interaction properties.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCIDENT WAVE REFLECTION

Define the reflection load on a surface caused by incident wave fields.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCLUDE

Reference an external file containing Abaqus input data.

Several input data options in Abaqus/CAE provide the capability to reference external files; for example, the material editor can read material properties from an ASCII file.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INCREMENTATION OUTPUT

Define output database requests for time incrementation data.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INELASTIC HEAT FRACTION

Define the fraction of the rate of inelastic dissipation that appears as a heat source.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INERTIA RELIEF

Apply inertia-based load balancing.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

INITIAL CONDITIONS

Specify initial conditions for the model.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

Abaqus/Aqua

INSTANCE

Begin an instance definition.

Assembly module for part instances not imported from a previous analysis; Load module for part instances imported from a previous analysis

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INTEGRATED OUTPUT

Specify variables integrated over a surface to be written to the output database.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INTEGRATED OUTPUT SECTION

Define an integrated output section over a surface with a local coordinate system and a reference point.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

INTERFACE

Define properties for contact elements.

Property module; supported for two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and axisymmetric acoustic interface elements. Contact elements are not supported.

Abaqus/Standard

ITS

Define properties for ITS elements.

Unsupported; similar functionality (with the exception of friction) is available by modeling connectors.

Abaqus/Standard

JOINT

Define properties for JOINTC elements.

Unsupported; similar functionality is available by modeling connectors.

Abaqus/Standard

JOINT ELASTICITY

Specify elastic properties for elastic-plastic joint elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

JOINT PLASTICITY

Specify plastic properties for elastic-plastic joint elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

JOINTED MATERIAL

Specify the jointed material model.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

JOULE HEAT FRACTION

Define the fraction of electric energy released as heat.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

KAPPA

Specify the material parameters for mass diffusion driven by gradients of temperature and equivalent pressure stress.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

KINEMATIC

Define a kinematic coupling constraint.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

KINEMATIC COUPLING

Constrain all or specific degrees of freedom of a set of nodes to the rigid body motion of a reference node.

Unsupported; this option has been superseded by coupling constraints used in conjunction with the kinematic option.

Abaqus/Standard

LATENT HEAT

Specify latent heats.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

LOAD CASE

Begin a load case definition for multiple load case analysis.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

LOADING DATA

Provide loading data for uniaxial behavior models in connectors or provide data from a uniaxial or a shear loading test for fabric materials.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

LOW DENSITY FOAM

Specify properties for a low-density foam.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

M1

Define the first bending moment behavior of beams.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

M2

Define the second bending moment behavior of beams.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY

Specify magnetic permeability.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

MAGNETOSTATIC

Magnetostatic analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MAP SOLUTION

Map a solution from an old mesh to a new mesh.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MASS

Specify a point mass.

Property module and Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MASS ADJUST

Adjust and/or redistribute the mass of an element set.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

MASS DIFFUSION

Transient or steady-state uncoupled mass diffusion analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

MASS FLOW RATE

Specify fluid mass flow rate in a heat transfer analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATERIAL

Begin the definition of a material.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MATRIX

Read in the stiffness or mass matrix for a linear user element.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATRIX ASSEMBLE

Define stiffness, mass, or damping matrices for a part of the model.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATRIX CHECK

Check the quality of the generated stiffness and mass matrices.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATRIX GENERATE

Generate global or element matrices.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATRIX INPUT

Read in a matrix for a part of the model.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MATRIX OUTPUT

Output generated matrices in various forms.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MEAN FIELD HOMOGENIZATION

Begin the definition of a multiscale material modeled with mean-field homogenization.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MEDIA TRANSPORT

Activate or deactivate a periodic media.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

MEMBRANE SECTION

Specify section properties for membrane elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MODAL DAMPING

Specify damping for modal dynamic analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

MODAL DYNAMIC

Dynamic time history analysis using modal superposition.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

MODAL FILE

Write generalized coordinate (modal amplitude) data or eigendata to the results file during a mode-based dynamic or eigenvalue extraction procedure.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

MODAL OUTPUT

Write generalized coordinate (modal amplitude) data to the output database during a mode-based dynamic or complex eigenvalue extraction procedure.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

MODAL PRINT

Print generalized coordinate (modal amplitude) data during a mode-based dynamic procedure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MODEL CHANGE

Remove or reactivate elements and contact pairs.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

MOHR COULOMB

Specify the Mohr-Coulomb plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MOHR COULOMB HARDENING

Specify hardening for the Mohr-Coulomb plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MOISTURE SWELLING

Define moisture-driven swelling.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

MOLECULAR WEIGHT

Define the molecular weight of an ideal gas species.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MONITOR

Define a degree of freedom to monitor.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MOTION

Specify motions as a predefined field.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

MPC

Define multi-point constraints.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

MULLINS EFFECT

Specify Mullins effect material parameters for elastomers.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NCOPY

Create nodes by copying.

Not applicable; copying portions of sketches and instancing of parts serve similar purposes.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NETWORK STIFFNESS RATIO

Specify stiffness ratios for viscoelastic networks.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NFILL

Fill in nodes in a region.

Not applicable; nodes are generated when you mesh the model.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NGEN

Generate incremental nodes.

Not applicable; nodes are generated when you mesh the model.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NMAP

Map nodes from one coordinate system to another and rotate, translate, or scale the nodal coordinates.

Unsupported; meshing techniques in the Mesh module are usually preferable.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NO COMPRESSION

Introduce a compressive failure theory (tension only materials).

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

NO TENSION

Introduce a tension failure theory (compression only material).

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

NODAL ENERGY RATE

Define critical energy release rates at nodes.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NODAL THICKNESS

Define shell or membrane thickness at nodes.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NODE

Specify nodal coordinates.

Mesh module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NODE FILE

Define results file requests for nodal data.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NODE OUTPUT

Define output database requests for nodal data.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NODE PRINT

Define print requests for nodal variables.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

NODE RESPONSE

Define nodal responses for design sensitivity analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Design

NONLINEAR BH

Specify nonlinear magnetic behavior of a soft magnetic material.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

NONSTRUCTURAL MASS

Specify mass contribution to the model from nonstructural features.

Property module and Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NORMAL

Specify a particular normal direction.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

NSET

Assign nodes to a node set.

Set toolset

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ORIENTATION

Define a local axis system for material or element property definition, for kinematic coupling constraints, for free directions for inertia relief loads, or for connectors.

Property module, Interaction module, and Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

ORNL

Specify constitutive model developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

OUTPUT

Define output requests to the output database.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PARAMETER

Define parameters for input parametrization.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PARAMETER DEPENDENCE

Define dependence table for tabularly dependent parameters.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PARAMETER SHAPE VARIATION

Define parametric shape variations.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PARAMETER TABLE

Define the parameters in the parameter table.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PARAMETER TABLE TYPE

Define the type of parameter table.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PART

Begin a part definition.

Part module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PARTICLE GENERATOR

Specify a particle generator.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PARTICLE GENERATOR FLOW

Specify flow speed and mass flow rate per unit inlet area for a particle species.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PARTICLE GENERATOR INLET

Specify a particle generator inlet surface.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PARTICLE GENERATOR MIXTURE

Specify particle generator species mixture.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER

Specify perfectly matched layer properties.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PERIODIC

Define periodic symmetry for a cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

PERIODIC MEDIA

Specify a periodic media.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PERMANENT MAGNETIZATION

Specify permanent magnetization.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PERMEABILITY

Define permeability for pore fluid flow.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Specify physical constants.

Model attribute

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PIEZOELECTRIC

Specify piezoelectric material properties.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION

Specify element properties for pipe-soil interaction elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PIPE-SOIL STIFFNESS

Define constitutive behavior for pipe-soil interaction elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PLANAR TEST DATA

Used to provide planar test (or pure shear) data (compression and/or tension).

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PLASTIC

Specify a metal plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PLASTIC AXIAL

Define plastic axial force for frame elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PLASTIC M1

Define the first plastic bending moment behavior for frame elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PLASTIC M2

Define the second plastic bending moment behavior for frame elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PLASTIC TORQUE

Define the plastic torsional moment behavior for frame elements.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PML COEFFICIENT

Specify perfectly matched layer coefficients.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

POROUS BULK MODULI

Define bulk moduli for soils and rocks.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

POROUS ELASTIC

Specify elastic material properties for porous materials.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

POROUS FAILURE CRITERIA

Define porous material failure criteria for a POROUS METAL PLASTICITY model.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

POROUS METAL PLASTICITY

Specify a porous metal plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

POST OUTPUT

Postprocess for output from the restart file.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

POTENTIAL

Define an anisotropic yield/creep model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PREPRINT

Select printout for the analysis input file processor.

Job module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PRESSURE PENETRATION

Specify pressure penetration loads with surface-based contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

PRESSURE STRESS

Specify equivalent pressure stress as a predefined field for a mass diffusion analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PRESTRESS HOLD

Keep rebar prestress constant during initial equilibrium solution.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PRE-TENSION SECTION

Associate a pre-tension node with a pre-tension section.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

PRINT

Request or suppress output to the message file in an Abaqus/Standard analysis or to the status file in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION

Specify a probability density function.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

PROPERTY TABLE

Define the property table.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PROPERTY TABLE TYPE

Define the type of property table.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

PSD-DEFINITION

Define a cross-spectral density frequency function for random response loading.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

RADIATE

Specify radiation conditions in heat transfer analyses.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

RADIATION FILE

Define results file requests for cavity radiation heat transfer.

Unsupported; Abaqus/CAE reads output from the output database file only.

Abaqus/Standard

RADIATION OUTPUT

Define output database requests for cavity radiation variables.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

RADIATION PRINT

Define print requests for cavity radiation heat transfer.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

RADIATION SYMMETRY

Define cavity symmetries for radiation heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

RADIATION VIEW FACTOR

Control cavity radiation and view factor calculations.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

RANDOM RESPONSE

Calculate response to random loading.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

RATE DEPENDENT

Define a rate-dependent viscoplastic model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

RATIOS

Define anisotropic swelling.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

REACTION RATE

Define the reaction rate for an ignition and growth equation of state.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

REBAR

Define rebar as an element property.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

REBAR LAYER

Define layers of reinforcement in membrane, shell, surface, and continuum elements.

Property module; supported only for membrane and shell elements.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

REFLECTION

Define reflection symmetries for a cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

RELEASE

Release rotational degrees of freedom at one or both ends of a beam element.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

RESPONSE SPECTRUM

Calculate the response based on user-supplied response spectra.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

RESTART

Save and reuse data and analysis results.

Step module for saving restart data; Job module for performing a restart analysis

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

RETAINED NODAL DOFS

Specify the degrees of freedom that are to be retained as external to a substructure.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

RIGID BODY

Define a set of elements as a rigid body and define rigid element properties.

Part module and Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

RIGID SURFACE

Define an analytical rigid surface.

Part module

Abaqus/Standard

ROTARY INERTIA

Define rigid body rotary inertia.

Property module and Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SECTION CONTROLS

Specify section controls.

Mesh module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SECTION FILE

Define results file requests of accumulated quantities on user-defined surface sections.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SECTION ORIGIN

Define a meshed cross-section origin.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SECTION POINTS

Locate points in the beam section for which stress and strain output are required.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SECTION PRINT

Define print requests of accumulated quantities on user-defined surface sections.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SELECT CYCLIC SYMMETRY MODES

Specify the cyclic symmetry modes in an eigenvalue analysis of a cyclic symmetric structure.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

SELECT EIGENMODES

Select the modes to be used in a modal dynamic, complex eigenvalue extraction, or substructure generation analysis.

Supported in the Step module only for substructure generation.

Abaqus/Standard

SFILM

Define film coefficients and associated sink temperatures over a surface for heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SFLOW

Define seepage coefficients and associated sink pore pressures normal to a surface.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SHEAR CENTER

Define the position of the shear center of a beam section.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SHEAR FAILURE

Specify a shear failure model and criterion.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

SHEAR RETENTION

Define the reduction of the shear modulus associated with crack surfaces in a CONCRETE model as a function of the tensile strain across the crack.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

SHEAR TEST DATA

Used to provide shear test data.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SHELL GENERAL SECTION

Define a general, arbitrary, elastic shell section.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SHELL SECTION

Specify a shell cross-section.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SHELL TO SOLID COUPLING

Define a surface-based coupling between a shell edge and a solid face.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SIMPEDANCE

Define impedances of acoustic surfaces.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SIMPLE SHEAR TEST DATA

Used to provide simple shear test data.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SLIDE LINE

Specify slide line surfaces on which deformable structures may interact.

Unsupported; the Interaction module uses surface-based contact.

Abaqus/Standard

SLOAD

Apply loads to a substructure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SOFT ROCK HARDENING

Specify hardening for the soft rock plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SOFT ROCK PLASTICITY

Specify the soft rock plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SOFTENING REGULARIZATION

Specify softening regularization for the clay plasticity model and the soft rock plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SOILS

Effective stress analysis for fluid-filled porous media.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

SOLID SECTION

Specify element properties for solid, infinite, acoustic, particle, and truss elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SOLUBILITY

Specify solubility.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

SOLUTION TECHNIQUE

Specify alternative solution methods.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

SOLVER CONTROLS

Specify controls for the iterative and direct linear solvers.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

SORPTION

Define absorption and exsorption behavior.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

SPECIFIC HEAT

Define specific heat.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SPECTRUM

Define or create a response spectrum.

Amplitude toolset; supported only for defining a spectrum.

Abaqus/Standard

SPH SURFACE BEHAVIOR

Define boundary surface interaction properties between SPH particles and Lagrangian surfaces.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

SPRING

Define spring behavior.

Property module and Interaction module; supported only for linear behavior independent of field variables. For nonlinear behavior or to include field variables, model connectors in the Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SRADIATE

Specify surface radiation conditions in heat transfer analysis.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

STATIC

Static stress/displacement analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

STEADY STATE CRITERIA

Specify steady-state criteria for terminating a quasi-static uni-directional simulation.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

STEADY STATE DETECTION

Specify steady-state requirements for terminating a quasi-static uni-directional simulation.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

STEADY STATE DYNAMICS

Steady-state dynamic response based on harmonic excitation.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

STEADY STATE TRANSPORT

Steady-state transport analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

STEP

Begin a step.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SUBCYCLING

Define a subcycling zone.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

SUBMODEL

Specify driven boundary nodes in submodeling analysis.

Load module and model attribute

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SUBSTRUCTURE COPY

Copy a substructure definition.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE DAMPING

Specify mass proportional and stiffness proportional damping for a substructure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/AMS

SUBSTRUCTURE DAMPING CONTROLS

Specify damping controls for a substructure property.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE DELETE

Remove a substructure from the substructure library.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE DIRECTORY

List information about the substructures on a substructure library.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE GENERATE

Substructure generation analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE LOAD CASE

Begin the definition of a substructure load case.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE MATRIX OUTPUT

Write a substructure's recovery matrix, reduced stiffness matrix, mass matrix, load case vectors, and gravity load vectors to a file.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE MODAL DAMPING

Specify damping for a substructure property.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE PATH

Enter into a substructure to obtain output or return back from a previously entered substructure.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUBSTRUCTURE PROPERTY

Translate, rotate, and/or reflect substructures.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SUPERELASTIC

Define the data for the superelastic model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SUPERELASTIC HARDENING

Specify hardening data for martensite.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SUPERELASTIC HARDENING MODIFICATIONS

Specify the stress-strain response of superelastic materials as a function of plastic strain.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SURFACE

Define a surface or region in a model.

Element-based surfaces are supported by the Surface toolset. Node-based surfaces are not supported; if node-based surfaces are imported into Abaqus/CAE, they are treated as sets.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SURFACE BEHAVIOR

Define alternative pressure-overclosure relationships for contact.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SURFACE FLAW

Define geometry of surface flaws.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SURFACE INTERACTION

Define surface interaction properties.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SURFACE PROPERTY

Define surface properties for cavity radiation.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

SURFACE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT

Assign surface properties to a surface for the general contact algorithm.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

SURFACE SECTION

Specify section properties for surface elements.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

Abaqus/Aqua

SURFACE SMOOTHING

Define surface smoothing methods.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

SWELLING

Specify time-dependent volumetric swelling.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

SYMMETRIC MODEL GENERATION

Create a three-dimensional model from an axisymmetric or partial three-dimensional model.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SYMMETRIC RESULTS TRANSFER

Import results from an axisymmetric or partial three-dimensional analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

SYSTEM

Specify a local coordinate system in which to define nodes.

Not applicable; instancing a part in the Assembly module creates a local coordinate system.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TABLE COLLECTION

Transfer data from an input file to a user subroutine.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

TEMPERATURE

Specify temperature as a predefined field.

Load module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TENSILE FAILURE

Specify a tensile failure model and criterion.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

TENSION CUTOFF

Specify tension cutoff data for the Mohr-Coulomb plasticity model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TENSION STIFFENING

Define the retained tensile stress normal to a crack in a CONCRETE model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

THERMAL EXPANSION

Define the thermal expansion behavior of beams.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TIE

Define surface-based tie and cyclic symmetry constraints or coupled acoustic-structural interactions.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TIME POINTS

Specify time points at which data are written to the output database file, or specify time points in the loading history at which the response of a structure will be evaluated in a direct cyclic analysis.

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TORQUE

Define the torsional behavior of beams.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TORQUE PRINT

Print a summary of the total torque that can be transmitted across axisymmetric slide lines.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

TRACER PARTICLE

Define tracer particles for tracking the location of and results at material points during a step.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

TRANSFORM

Specify a local coordinate system at nodes.

Define nodal coordinate systems for prescribed conditions in the Load module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TRANSPORT VELOCITY

Specify angular transport velocity.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS

Define transverse shear stiffness for beams and shells.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TRIAXIAL TEST DATA

Provide triaxial test data.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

TRS

Used to define temperature-time shift for time history viscoelastic analysis.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

UEL PROPERTY

Define property values to be used with a user element type.

Actuator/sensor interaction properties can be defined in the Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

UNDEX CHARGE PROPERTY

Define an UNDEX charge for incident waves.

Interaction module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

UNIAXIAL

Characterize fabric materials through loading and unloading test data.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

UNIAXIAL TEST DATA

Used to provide uniaxial test data (compression and/or tension).

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

UNLOADING DATA

Provide unloading data for uniaxial behavior models in connectors or unloading data from uniaxial and shear tests for fabrics.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Explicit

USER DEFINED FIELD

Redefine field variables at a material point.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

USER ELEMENT

Introduce a user-defined element type.

Actuator/sensor interactions can be defined in the Interaction module.

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

USER MATERIAL

Define material constants for use in subroutine UMAT, UMATHT, or VUMAT.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

USER OUTPUT VARIABLES

Specify number of user variables.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

VARIABLE MASS SCALING

Specify mass scaling during the step.

Step module

Abaqus/Explicit

VIEW FACTOR OUTPUT

Write radiation view factors to the results file in cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Standard

VISCO

Transient, static, stress/displacement analysis with time-dependent material response (creep, swelling, and viscoelasticity).

Step module

Abaqus/Standard

VISCOELASTIC

Specify dissipative behavior for use with elasticity.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

VISCOSITY

Specify material shear viscosity.

Property module

Abaqus/Explicit

VISCOUS

Specify viscous material properties for the two-layer viscoplastic model.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

VOID NUCLEATION

Define the nucleation of voids in a porous material.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

Provide volumetric test data.

Property module

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Explicit

WAVE

Define gravity waves for use in immersed structure calculations.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Aqua

WIND

Define wind velocity profile for wind loading.

Unsupported

Abaqus/Aqua