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Components of The Main Window: Section: The Basics of Interacting With Abaqus CAE

The document describes the main components of the Abaqus CAE interface, including the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, context bar, model tree, results tree, toolbox area, canvas, viewports, prompt area, message area, and command line interface. The model tree and results tree provide graphical overviews of the model and results. The toolbox area displays tools relevant to the current module. Viewports display the model on the canvas drawing area. Status messages appear in the message area or at the command line interface.

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Components of The Main Window: Section: The Basics of Interacting With Abaqus CAE

The document describes the main components of the Abaqus CAE interface, including the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, context bar, model tree, results tree, toolbox area, canvas, viewports, prompt area, message area, and command line interface. The model tree and results tree provide graphical overviews of the model and results. The toolbox area displays tools relevant to the current module. Viewports display the model on the canvas drawing area. Status messages appear in the message area or at the command line interface.

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ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced!

Course by Peter Bejdák


Section: The basics of interacting with Abaqus CAE

COMPONENTS OF THE
MAIN WINDOW
Title bar Menu bar Toolbars Context bar

Model tree/ Toolbox Canvas and Message area or


Viewport Prompt area
Results tree area drawing area command line interface
ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced! Course by Peter Bejdák

Title bar
• The title bar indicates the release of Abaqus/CAE you are running and the name of the
current model database.
Menu bar
• The menu bar contains all the available menus; the menus give access to all the
functionality in the product. Different menus appear in the menu bar depending on which
module you selected from the context bar.
Toolbars
• The toolbars provide quick access to items that are also available in the menus.
Context bar
• Abaqus/CAE is divided into a set of modules, where each module allows you to
work on one aspect of your model; the Module list in the context bar allows you to
move between these modules. Other items in the context bar are a function of the
module you are working in. For example, the context bar allows you to retrieve an
existing part while creating the geometry of the model or to change the output
database associated with the current viewport. Similarly, in the Mesh module you
can choose whether to display the assembly or a particular part.
ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced! Course by Peter Bejdák

Model Tree
• The Model Tree provides you with a graphical overview of your model and the
objects that it contains, such as parts, materials, steps, loads, and output
requests. In addition, the Model Tree provides a convenient, centralized tool for
moving between modules and for managing objects. If your model database
contains more than one model, you can use the Model Tree to move between
models. When you become familiar with the Model Tree, you will find that you can
quickly perform most of the actions that are found in the main menu bar or the
module toolboxes.
Results Tree
• The Results Tree provides you with a graphical overview of your output
databases and other sessionspecific data such as X–Y plots. If you have more
than one output database open in your session, you can use the Results Tree to
move between output databases. When you become familiar with the Results
Tree, you will find that you can quickly perform most of the actions in the
Visualization module that are found in the main menu bar and the toolbox.
ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced! Course by Peter Bejdák

Toolbox area
• When you enter a module, the toolbox area displays tools in the toolbox that are
appropriate for that module. The toolbox allows quick access to many of the module
functions that are also available from the menu bar.
Canvas and drawing area
• The canvas can be thought of as an infinite screen or bulletin board on which you post
viewports. The drawing area is the visible portion of the canvas.
Viewport
• Viewports are windows on the canvas in which Abaqus/CAE displays your model.
Prompt area
• The prompt area displays instructions for you to follow during a procedure; for example, it
asks you to select the geometry as you create a set. In the Visualization module a set of
buttons is displayed in the prompt area that allow you to move between the steps and the
frames of your analysis.
ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced! Course by Peter Bejdák

Message area
• Abaqus/CAE prints status information and warnings in the message area. To resize the
message area, drag the top edge; to see information that has scrolled out of the message
area, use the scroll bar on the right side. The message area is displayed by default, but it
uses the same space occupied by the command line interface. If you have recently used
the command line interface, you must click in the bottom left corner of the main window to
activate the message area.
Command line interface
• You can use the command line interface to type Python commands and evaluate
mathematical expressions using the Python interpreter that is built into Abaqus/CAE.
ABAQUS CAE: Go from Beginner to Advanced! Course by Peter Bejdák
Section: The basics of interacting with Abaqus CAE

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