To locate the adaptivity process editor, select Adaptivity
Editadaptivity process name from the main menu bar. Use the General tabbed page to configure miscellaneous adaptivity process settings. You can configure the following:
Preprocessor Printout
The Preprocessor Printout options allow you to control whether Abaqus prints an echo of the input data, contact constraints, model definition data, and history data to the data (.dat) file. By default, each of these options is toggled off.
Scratch directory
The Scratch directory option allows you to specify the name of the directory used for scratch files. On Linux systems the default scratch directory is the value of the $TMPDIR environment variable or /tmp if the variable is not defined. On Windows systems the default scratch directory is the value of the TEMP environment variable or \TEMP if the variable is not defined. To specify a scratch directory, you can do one of the following:
Click in the Scratch directory text field, and type the directory path.
Click 
to display the Select Scratch Directory dialog box, and select the directory of your choice.
User subroutine file
Provide the name of the file containing all user subroutines that are referred to by the model. To specify a user subroutine file, you can do one of the following:
Click in the User subroutine file text field, and type the file path.
Click to display the Select User Subroutine File dialog box, and select the file of your choice.
Monitorjob of your choice from the main menu bar.) For more information on user subroutines, see “User subroutines and utilities,” Section 18.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide.Results Format
The Results Format options allow you to write the results from an Abaqus analysis in ODB format, SIM format, or both formats. For more information, see “The output database” in “Output,” Section 4.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide.
Note: If you select the ODB format, a .sim file may still be created; however, it will not contain the analysis results.
