This section describes the plug-ins that are provided with Abaqus/CAE and appear in the Plug-ins menu. Select Plug-insAbout Plug-ins to display a View button that displays help on each plug-in. The following plug-ins are described:

• “Running the Getting Started with Abaqus examples,” Section 82.1

• “Creating a GUI plug-in,” Section 82.2

• “Creating a kernel plug-in,” Section 82.3

• “Creating dialog boxes with the Really Simple GUI (RSG) Dialog Builder,” Section 82.4

• “Upgrading a script,” Section 82.5

• “Displaying modal contribution factors,” Section 82.6

• “Displaying the history of the adaptive remeshing error indicator,” Section 82.7

• “Generating a report of postprocessing results,” Section 82.8

• “Exchanging data between Abaqus/CAE and Microsoft Excel,” Section 82.9

• “Importing a model from a file in stereolithography (STL) format,” Section 82.10

• “Exporting a part or assembly in stereolithography (STL) format,” Section 82.11

• “Plotting amplitude data,” Section 82.12

• “Combining data from multiple output databases,” Section 82.13

• “Finding the nearest node to a point,” Section 82.14

• “Finding the average temperature of a set of elements,” Section 82.15

• “Creating a planar constraint,” Section 82.16

• “Resetting midside nodes,” Section 82.17