Accessing diagnostic information

You can use the Job Diagnostics dialog box to access diagnostic information that Abaqus writes to the output database during an analysis job.

  1. From the main menu bar in the Visualization module, select ToolsJob Diagnostics.

    The Job Diagnostics dialog box appears.

  2. Click the + symbols in the Job History tree to expand the tree to see the steps, increments, attempts, and iterations in the job history.

  3. Click an item in the Job History tree to highlight it.

    Abaqus/CAE displays additional tabs on the right side of the dialog box containing diagnostic information associated with the selected item.

  4. Click the tabs on the right side of the dialog box. Abaqus/CAE displays various types of diagnostic information corresponding to the item that is selected in the tree. The following sections describe the information available in each tabbed page:

  5. Click Dismiss to close the Job Diagnostics dialog box.