Abaqus for CATIA V5 R20 System Information

Supported platforms
Windows/x86-32 and Windows/x86-64 operating systems (Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows XP Professional x64, Windows Vista x86 and Windows Vista x64) on any Intel hardware platform supported by CATIA V5 are required.

CATIA V5 and Abaqus requirements
Use the compatibility matrix to identify supported release levels of CATIA V5 and Abaqus.

Licensing of either the CATIA Generative Part Structural Analysis (GPS) simulation product or the AFC Complete simulation product is required as a prerequisite to run Abaqus for CATIA V5. AFC Complete comes with two separate licenses: an Abaqus for CATIA V5 license and an Abaqus for CATIA V5 Prerequisite license. Purchasing AFC Complete is the only way to obtain an Abaqus for CATIA V5 Prerequisite license.

If you are using Abaqus for CATIA V5 with a license for GPS, other CATIA V5 licenses are necessary to allow access to some functionality. Some examples of additional license requirements are described in the following table:

If you are using Abaqus for CATIA V5 with licenses for AFC Complete, you do not need any other CATIA V5 simulation licenses. The AFC Complete licenses provide access to all Abaqus for CATIA V5 functionality.

Some Abaqus for CATIA V5 functionality requires support from specific types of geometry. You need the appropriate CATIA V5 licenses to create this geometry, as described in the following table:

Licensing

Abaqus for CATIA V5 and Abaqus for CATIA V5 Complete use the FLEXnet network license manager from Macrovision Corporation. A license server and a valid license file are required. You can use an existing Abaqus FLEXnet license server, or you can install the license server from the installation CD.

• FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide Version 10.8
• Obtaining Host ID for FLEXlm licensing

Abaqus analysis products

Abaqus for CATIA V5 R20 is intended for use with Abaqus 6.9; however, Abaqus for CATIA V5 R20 is also compatible with Abaqus 6.8.

Abaqus/Standard or Abaqus/Explicit is required to obtain simulation results but can be installed on machines separate from the client machine.

Administrator privileges

Administrator privileges are required to install the searchable HTML documentation and the licensing for Abaqus for CATIA V5.

Microsoft Excel (for Integrated X–Y Plotting)

Abaqus for CATIA V5 requires Microsoft Excel to create and display integrated X-Y plots of history data or energy variables.

Installing Abaqus for CATIA V5

The following components must be installed to access Abaqus for CATIA V5 and the Abaqus for CATIA V5 documentation:

• Install CATIA V5 R20 (general availability release).
• Install Abaqus for CATIA V5 R20.
• Install Abaqus for CATIA V5 R20 Documentation and License Server.

For detailed installation instructions, see the Abaqus for CATIA V5 User’s Manual, Appendix B, Installing Abaqus for CATIA V5.