Instead, you should install external plug-ins in any of the following
locations:
-
home_dir\abaqus_plugins,
where home_dir is your home directory.
-
current_dir\abaqus_plugins,
where current_dir is the current directory.
-
plugin_central_dir is an
Abaqus
environment parameter used to define a specific directory where plug-ins are
stored. This location is typically a central location accessed by all users at
your site if the directory is mounted on a file system that all users can
access. plugin_central_dir can be defined in
the abaqus_v6.env file or the
Abaqus
solver custom_v6.env file. For example,
plugin_central_dir = "C:\\SIMULIA\\CAE\\plugins\\2017"
For more information, see
Using the Abaqus environment files.
Abaqus/CAE
will import any files in these directories that match the naming convention
*_plugin.py. These files must contain registration
commands. The name of the file must follow the rules described in
Standard Abaqus Scripting Interface exceptions.