You can use the Job module to create and manage analysis jobs and to view a basic plot of the analysis results. You can also use the Job module to create and manage adaptivity analyses and co-executions.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• “Understanding the role of the Job module,” Section 19.1

• “Understanding analysis jobs,” Section 19.2

• “Understanding adaptivity processes,” Section 19.3

• “Understanding co-executions,” Section 19.4

• “Understanding optimization processes,” Section 19.5

• “Restarting an analysis,” Section 19.6

• “Creating, editing, and manipulating jobs,” Section 19.7

• “Using the job editor,” Section 19.8

• “Creating, editing, and manipulating adaptivity processes,” Section 19.9

• “Using the adaptivity process editor,” Section 19.10

• “Creating, editing, and manipulating co-executions,” Section 19.11

• “Creating, editing, and manipulating optimization processes,” Section 19.12

See the tutorial in Appendix B, “Creating and Analyzing a Simple Model in Abaqus/CAE,” of Getting Started with Abaqus/CAE for examples of how to submit and monitor a job.