What is Abaqus FEA CAE software?

Abaqus FEA (finite element analysis) and CAE (computer-aided engineering) software is a sophisticated simulation tool designed for engineers and researchers to model, analyze, and visualize the physical behavior of complex materials and structures under various conditions. Developed by Dassault Systèmes, Abaqus offers a powerful platform for simulating real-world physical processes, enabling users to predict how products will perform, reducing the need for physical prototypes and accelerating the development process.

What Can You Do with Abaqus FEA Software?

Finite element analysis

Offers tools for structural, nonlinear, contact analysis, coupled physics, and complex material modeling simulations

Multiphysics simulation

Supports multiphysics simulations like acoustic-structural, piezoelectric, and pore-structural coupling for production-level applications

Material modeling

Includes elastomeric and hyperelastic material models, addressing nonlinear behaviors for diverse engineering applications

Pre- and post-processing

Enables CAD modeling, meshing, boundary condition definition, solver monitoring, and result visualization

Implicit and explicit solvers

Abaqus/Standard offers implicit solvers, while Abaqus/Explicit provides solvers for static, dynamic, and complex condition analyses

Modeling and simulation

Supports parametric modeling, meshing tools, geometry import/editing, advanced assembly tools, and diverse material models

Integration and visualization

Integrates with CAD environments such as CATIA and SOLIDWORKS, offering visualization for analysis interpretation

How to Implement Abaqus FEA Software

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Abaqus/CAE

A complete solution for Finite Element Modeling

Abaqus/CAE has the tools so that you can easily create, edit, monitor, diagnose, and visualize simulations using the advanced Abaqus analyses. The intuitive, easy to use interface integrates modeling, analysis, and results visualization in a single environment. This enables users to quickly learn the software and become highly productive. For users familiar with Computer-Aided Engineering, Abaqus/CAE supports parametric modelling techniques as well as more traditional methods.

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Abaqus/Standard

The implicit solver for non-linear static and low speed dynamic events

Abaqus/Standard is ideal for static and low-speed dynamic events where highly accurate stress solutions are important.  Within a single simulation, it is possible to analyze a model both in the time and frequency domain. Abaqus/Standard is supported within the Abaqus/CAE modelling environment for all common pre- and post-processing needs. The results at any point within an Abaqus/Standard run can be used as the starting conditions for continuation in Abaqus/Explicit.  Similarly, an analysis that starts in Abaqus/Explicit can be continued in Abaqus/Standard.

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Abaqus/Explicit

The explicit solver for fast transient dynamic events

Abaqus/Explicit is ideal for analyses where high-speed, non-linear, transient response dominates the solution. The ability of Abaqus/Explicit to effectively handle severely non-linear behavior, such as contact, makes it very attractive for the simulation of quasi-static events, such as rolling of hot metal and slow crushing of energy absorbing devices. The results at any point within an Abaqus/Explicit run can be used as the starting conditions for continuation in Abaqus/Standard. Similarly, an analysis that starts in Abaqus/Standard can be continued in Abaqus/Explicit.

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Abaqus Associative Interfaces

Connect with your 3DCAD environment using Dassault Systèmes solutions

  • Abaqus Associative Interface – CATIA V5
    Use CATIA V5 Parts and Products in CAE. Materials and publications can be imported to the Abaqus model.  file formats like .CATPart and .CATProduct files can be imported in CAE as well.
  • Abaqus Associative Interface – SOLIDWORKS
    Use SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies in Abaqus/CAE. Change the model in SOLIDWORKS and revisions are pushed to CAE without loss of analysis features which were applied earlier to the Abaqus model.

Abaqus Flexible Licensing

A flexible token-based licensing system for concurrent users and speeding up simulations by running on multiple cores
  • Buy or Lease: Purchase Abaqus outright, or choose a yearly or quarterly lease and add tokens during the contract to fulfill your Simulation needs.
  • Flexible scalability: Use tokens to run on additional cores. If you are in a need for extra simulation power, just order additional tokens. 
  • Pricing model: The Abaqus pricing model not based on functionality, but on using X number of CPU & GPU Cores, and concurrent number of users.

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