This chapter describes the installation procedures for Abaqus documentation, licensing, and products. A complete Abaqus installation requires the use of several installers for different product components.
Before starting the Abaqus installers, you should confirm that your computer is compatible with this release. Compare your system's configuration to the Abaqus system requirements described in the Program Directory. The Program Directory is additional documentation, similar to release notes, available at http://media.3ds.com/support/progdir. Choose SIMULIA as the product Line and Established Products 2016 as the Level, then choose Prerequisites - Abaqus in the left-hand pane. A support contract and private login account are required for access (see https://iam.3ds.com/self_service/login/service/websupport/).
Please also check the Program Directory for additional information, especially pertaining to maintenance (hot fix) releases.
To start the installers on Windows, you must belong to the Administrators group or have the privileges assigned to the Administrators group.
A complete Abaqus installation includes several components. You must perform the installations in the following order:
Abaqus documentation (optional)
License server: You can use either FLEXnet licensing or Dassault Systèmes licensing, depending on which type of license file you have. See “Dassault Systèmes license server installation,” Section 2.1.4 or “FLEXnet Licensing installation,” Section 2.1.5.
Abaqus services: Abaqus/Standard solver, Abaqus/Explicit solver, and Abaqus/CFD solver. This software includes the SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine and the foundation of all Abaqus APIs. See “Abaqus product installation,” Section 2.1.6.
CAA developer software for Abaqus APIs: output database (ODB) C++ API, user subroutines API, Abaqus Scripting Interface API, and SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine C++ API. This software includes libraries and .h header files. The CAA (Component Application Architecture) API software is needed for using user subroutines and compiling and building ODB, SIM, or results file postprocessing applications. See “Abaqus product installation,” Section 2.1.6.
Abaqus/CAE: interactive GUI; also the command-line interface to Abaqus solvers (see “Using Abaqus commands,” Section 2.1.2). See “Abaqus product installation,” Section 2.1.6.
Important: You must always install both the Abaqus services (solvers) and Abaqus/CAE. They cannot be installed and used separately or individually.
During the installation procedures, default values are supplied whenever possible, and it is highly recommended that you use the defaults unless you have a good reason to change them. It is also recommended that you always install the CAA (API) developer software, even if you are not sure that you will need it; otherwise, you may find that some components need to be installed later before you can upgrade to a maintenance release (fix pack / hot fix). When you later install maintenance releases for Abaqus 2016, you will not be able to add any new product installer options.
Abaqus documentation should be installed on at least one computer on your network. Abaqus documentation should be installed before licensing and products because the product installer uses the documentation URL to configure network access to the online documentation.