Reading and Specifying Input Parameters

From the Applications section of the action bar, click Abaqus

and drop it on the process diagram.

Double-click Abaqus

.

The Abaqus Editor appears with the Input tab selected.

From the Select Input list, specify the document containing the file(s) that define the parameters by doing one of the following:

Select a document that has already been added to the simulation process.
Click to search for a document to add as referenced content.
Click to create a non-versioned document.
Click to create a versioned document.

You can also select an object parameter that refers to a document.

From the list that appears, select the File name of the input file in the document. You can use wildcards to select more than one file.

You can read input parameters from an Abaqus/CAE model database (.cae) file or an input (.inp) file.

Click Read File.

If the input (.inp) file refers to any external files containing Abaqus data, Optimization Process Composer displays a dialog box asking if you want to parse the external files.

The Input tab is populated with the set of parameters that can be controlled by Optimization Process Composer.

Select the input parameters you want to use by doing one of the following:

Choose individual parameters using the check boxes in the first column.
Use the check box to select all the parameters or to clear the selection.

Note: You can filter the parameter list using the Filter. This option is useful if your list of parameters is large. You can enter a string, and Optimization Process Composer updates the list of parameters to show only the parameters that contain the specified string. The component also attempts to create a list of selectable strings by scanning the listed parameters.

Click Ok to save your changes and to close the Abaqus Editor.