Managers are dialog boxes you use to manage all objects of a given type associated with the current model or session; examples of such objects include materials, parts, steps, display groups, and X–Y data objects. In addition, you can use the Model Manager to manage the models contained in the current model database. This section describes basic and step-dependent managers and how you can use them in Abaqus/CAE. The following topics are covered:

• “What are basic managers?,” Section 3.4.1

• “What are step-dependent managers?,” Section 3.4.2

• “Suppressing and resuming objects,” Section 3.4.3

• “Understanding the status of an object in a step,” Section 3.4.4

• “Terms describing object status,” Section 3.4.5

• “Modifying the history of a step-dependent object,” Section 3.4.6

• “Understanding modified step-dependent objects,” Section 3.4.7

• “What happens when deleted objects are referred to?,” Section 3.4.8

• “Managing objects using manager dialog boxes,” Section 3.4.9

• “Managing objects using manager menus,” Section 3.4.10

• “Copying step-dependent objects using manager dialog boxes,” Section 3.4.11

• “Changing the status of an object in a step,” Section 3.4.12

• “Editing step-dependent objects,” Section 3.4.13