The Abaqus Scripting Interface is an application programming interface (API) to the models and data used by Abaqus. The Abaqus Scripting Interface is an extension of the Python object-oriented programming language; Abaqus Scripting Interface scripts are Python scripts. You can use the Abaqus Scripting Interface to do the following:

• Create and modify the components of an Abaqus model, such as parts, materials, loads, and steps.

• Create, modify, and submit Abaqus analysis jobs.

• Read from and write to an Abaqus output database.

• View the results of an analysis.

This section provides an introduction to the Abaqus Scripting Interface. The following topics are covered:

• Chapter 1, “An overview of the Abaqus Scripting User's Guide”

• Chapter 2, “Introduction to the Abaqus Scripting Interface”

• Chapter 3, “Simple examples”