Managing objects

Managers are dialog boxes you use to manage all objects of a given type associated with the current model or session; examples of such objects include materials, parts, steps, display groups, and X–Y data objects.

In addition, you can use the Model Manager to manage the models contained in the current model database. This section describes basic and step-dependent managers and how you can use them in Abaqus/CAE.


In this section:

What are basic managers?
What are step-dependent managers?
Suppressing and resuming objects
Understanding the status of an object in a step
Terms describing object status
Modifying the history of a step-dependent object
Understanding modified step-dependent objects
What happens when deleted objects are referred to?
Managing objects using manager dialog boxes
Managing objects using manager menus
Copying step-dependent objects using manager dialog boxes
Changing the status of an object in a step
Editing step-dependent objects