This guide adheres to a set of typographical conventions so that you can recognize actions and items. The following list illustrates each of the conventions:

• Text you enter from the keyboard or that Abaqus/CAE outputs: crankshaft_steel, 1.35E10

• Labels of items on the screen: Job Manager

• Hyperlinks: click here

• Keyboard actions: [Shift]

• Keystroke combinations (two keys that must be pressed simultaneously): [Alt] + F

• Compound keyboard/mouse actions: [Shift] + Click

• Text indicating that the user has a choice: odb_file, Optionsplot state

• Menu selections and tabs within dialog boxes:

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