A labeled group of options in an Abaqus/CAE dialog box.

• “Using dialog boxes separated by tabs,” Section 3.2.6 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

An area in an Abaqus/CAE dialog box in which you can enter information.

• “Using basic dialog box components,” Section 3.2.1 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A mode of parallel operation using multiple simultaneous threads of execution that enables Abaqus to split computationally intensive operations into multiple simultaneous tasks. On multiprocessor or multi-core systems, threads run simultaneously on different processors or cores. Abaqus supports thread-based execution using SMP.

• “Parallel execution: overview,” Section 3.5.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

A hole that passes completely through a three-dimensional solid object. The path of the hole continues to infinity and cuts the object anywhere it intersects.

• “Adding a cut feature,” Section 11.24 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A standard bitmap graphics file format commonly used for storage of graphic images. Depending on the display device, the TIFF format provides options to adjust both color and greyscale images and can encode very high-quality images. Abaqus/CAE allows you to save images of selected viewports in TIFF-format files. Abaqus/CAE does not compress the data stored in TIFF-format files; as a result, the files can consume large amounts of disk space.

• “Printed image formats,” Section 8.1.1 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A sequence of plots that vary over time according to actual analysis results. If the time history is frame-based, the animation increments frame by frame; if the time history is time-based, the animation increments along a common time line.

• “Customizing the time history of synchronized viewports,” Section 49.4.7 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

An area in Abaqus/CAE that contains a convenient sets of tools for managing your files and for viewing your model. Items in a toolbar are shortcuts to functions that are also available from the main menu bar. By default, all the standard toolbars appear in a row directly under the Abaqus/CAE main menu bar; however, you can configure the toolbars to appear anywhere on your screen.

• “Components of the toolbars,” Section 2.2.3 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A collection of icons that provide quick access to commonly used Abaqus/CAE functions. The tools available in a toolbox are also available from the main menu bar.

• “Understanding and using toolboxes and toolbars,” Section 3.3 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A functional unit that allows you to perform a specific modeling task in Abaqus/CAE.

• “What is a toolset?,” Section 2.4 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

The automated meshing process used by Abaqus/CAE to create a mesh by working down from the geometry of a region to the elements and nodes. See also bottom-up meshing.

• Chapter 17, “The Mesh module,” of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

See view orientation triad or material orientation triad.

The section properties of truss regions. Trusses model slender, rod-like structures that provide axial strength but—unlike beams—provide no bending stiffness.

• “Truss elements,” Section 29.2.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

• “Defining sections,” Section 12.2.3 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

• “Creating truss sections,” Section 12.13.12 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide