Use the items under File on the main menu bar to do the following:
Select File
New Model DatabaseWith Standard/Explicit Model to create a new model database for an Abaqus/Standard or an Abaqus/Explicit analysis. You can also click 
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
Select FileNew Model DatabaseWith CFD Model to create a new model database for an Abaqus/CFD analysis. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
Select FileNew Model DatabaseWith Electromagnetic Model to create a new model database for an electromagnetic analysis. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
Select FileOpen to open an existing model database or output database. You can also click 
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Opening a model database or an output database,” Section 9.7.2.
Select FileNetwork ODB Connector to create a connection with a remote host that you can use to read a remote output database. For more information, see “Creating a network ODB connector,” Section 9.7.4.
Select FileClose ODB to close an output database. For more information, see “Closing the current output database,” Section 9.7.7.
Select FileSet Work Directory to change the work directory. For more information, see “Setting the work directory,” Section 9.7.8.
Select FileSave to save the current model database. You can also click 
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Saving the current model database,” Section 9.7.9.
Select FileSave As to save the current model database to a new file with a different name. For more information, see “Saving the current model database to a new file with a different name,” Section 9.7.11.
Select FileCompress MDB to compress the current model database. For more information, see “Compressing the file size of the current model database,” Section 9.7.12.
Select FileSave Display Options to save your customized part, assembly, and Visualization module display settings. For more information, see “Understanding Abaqus/CAE GUI settings,” Section 3.6, and “Saving your display options settings,” Section 76.16.
Select FileSave Session Objects to save session-specific object definitions such as view cuts, display groups, or paths to a file, model database, or output database. For more information, see “Managing session objects and session options,” Section 9.9.
Select FileLoad Session Objects to load previously saved session-specific object definitions into the current session. For more information, see “Managing session objects and session options,” Section 9.9.
Select FileImportSketch to import a planar sketch. For more information, see “Importing sketches,” Section 10.7.1.
Select FileImportPart to import a part. For more information, see “Importing parts,” Section 10.7.2.
Select FileImportModel to import a model. For more information, see “Importing a model,” Section 10.8.
Select FileExportSketch to export the current sketch. For more information, see “Exporting a sketch to an ACIS-, IGES-, or STEP-format file,” Section 10.9.1.
Select FileExportPart to export the current part. For more information, see “Exporting a part to an ACIS-, IGES-, STEP-, or VDA-format file,” Section 10.9.2.
Select FileExportAssembly to export the part instances in the assembly. For more information, see “Exporting the assembly to an ACIS-format file,” Section 10.9.3.
Select FileExportVRML to export the current viewport to a VRML-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to a VRML-format file,” Section 10.9.4.
Select FileExport3DXML to export the current viewport to a 3D XML-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to a 3D XML-format file,” Section 10.9.5.
Select FileExportOBJ to export the current viewport to an OBJ-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to an OBJ-format file,” Section 10.9.6.
Select FileRun Script to execute a file containing Abaqus Scripting Interface commands. For more information, see “Replaying an Abaqus/CAE session,” Section 9.5.1, and “Creating and running your own scripts,” Section 9.5.4.
Select FileMacro Manager to store your actions in a macro file as a sequence of Abaqus Scripting Interface commands. You can also run a macro and rename an existing macro. For more information, see “Creating and running a macro,” Section 9.5.5.
Select FilePrint to print all or selected viewports and annotations. You can also click 
in the File toolbar. For more information, see Chapter 8, “Printing viewports.”
Select FileAbaqus PDE to open the Abaqus Python development environment. The Abaqus PDE is a separate application used to create, edit, test, and debug scripts. For more information, see “An overview of the Abaqus Python development environment,” Section 7.1 of the Abaqus Scripting User's Guide.
Select FileExit to exit the Abaqus/CAE session. For more information, see “Exiting an Abaqus/CAE session,” Section 2.1.2.
