Abaqus Learning Edition

Installation Instructions
Product Features And Limitations
 The Abaqus Learning Edition consists of Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit, and Abaqus/CAE.
 Full HTML documentation is included.
 The maximum model size is limited to 1000 nodes for structural analysis and postprocessing.
 Features requiring compilers are not available (user subroutines, Abaqus make, C++ ODB API).
 Parallel execution is not available.
 Add-on products are not available.
 Abaqus Learning Edition model databases are compatible with academically licensed but not
with commercially licensed Abaqus releases.

Before You Begin:

1. Make sure you have Windows administrator privileges, as this is required for the
installation.
2. Only 64-bit Windows operating systems are allowed, not 32-bit Windows. If you are
unsure, open a command prompt window and type “systeminfo” in the window. If the
“System type” field says “X86-based PC, you have a 32-bit OS. If it says “X64-based PC”, you
have a 64-bit OS.
3. Minimum supported operating systems: Windows 10
4. The installation will require 10.5 GB of disk space.
5. You must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0.11 (minimum) installed on your computer; it
is needed by the installer.
6. The minimum required Java version is Java Oracle JDK 11.0.8 or AdoptOpenJDK-OpenJ9 JRE
11.0.8 (or its IBM Semeru successor) but it is recommended to install the latest Update of
Java 11.

The following are the minimal supported versions that can be used with the SIMULIA User
Assistance (documentation):

Web browsers:

o Firefox x ESR, with x>60

o Google Chrome
o Microsoft Edge
 Java:
o Java Oracle JDK 11.0.8 or AdoptOpenJDK-OpenJ9 JRE 11.0.8 (or its IBM Semeru
successor)

The Abaqus Learning Edition installation consists of 3 basic sections:

a) SIMULIA User Assistance (Documentation) Installation (3 GB disk space)

b) Abaqus Product Installation (7.5 GB disk space)
c) Abaqus Installation Verification

Detailed steps for all sections are included below.

Step 1
Extract the downloaded media .zip file using 7-Zip into a folder/directory of your choice.

Note: This path must be less than 60 characters, for example: C:\downloads

This download location is different from the folder/directory where the products will be installed (and
may optionally be deleted once installation is complete).

It is recommended that you use the free 7-Zip utility (V4.57 or higher) which handles the zip format.
If you do not have 7-Zip, download the latest version at http://www.7-zip.org .

Step 2
Run the following executable from the extracted media directory to verify the integrity of the extracted
media:

C:\downloads\AM_SIM_Abaqus_Learning.Windows64\1\0Data\intel_a\DSYInsMediaCheck.exe

Step 3
Double-click the setup.exe executable in the extracted media to begin the installation process:

C:\downloads\AM_SIM_Abaqus_Learning.Windows64\1\SIMULIA_Abaqus_Learning.Windows64\setu
p.exe
Step 4
You are asked to provide an installation directory.

NOTE: This location is different from extracted media folder.

Choose your installation directory and click Next.

Step 5
Choose the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) path then click Next.
Step 6
Choose the location for your Abaqus job files and click Next.
Step 7
Review the information in the pre-installation summary. Click Install when you are ready to proceed.
Step 8
First, the Abaqus Learning Edition Documentation is installed. This process may take up to 30 minutes
to complete.
Step 9
After the documentation installation completes the Abaqus Learning Edition product installation will
start.
Step 10
Once the Abaqus product installation has completed, the product verification begins automatically. This
tests the integrity of the installation.
Step 11
After verification completes, a panel is displayed giving you the path to where the verification results are
located and information about launching the Abaqus Learning Edition software.

Open the verify.log file specified in the panel for additional information and troubleshooting.
Step 12
After clicking Continue the final screen will appear. Clicking Close will finish the installation and exit the
window.

Execute the newly installed Abaqus Learning Edition:

From the icons in the Apps screen under section Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Abaqus Learning Edition
2022
To Uninstall:

Right click on the Start Menu icon, select Programs and Features
1. Right mouse click on the entry ‘Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Abaqus Learning Edition 2022’
and select ‘Uninstall’
2. Right mouse click on the entry ‘Dassault Systemes Documentation SIMULIA Abaqus Learning
Edition 2022’ and select ‘Uninstall’

Known Issues:

 Some User Assistance (documentation) contains mathematical notation written in the MathML
markup language. To render this notation in HTML output, the Open Source MathJax javascript
package is used. The fonts that MathJax normally uses are webfonts, included with the
documentation and downloadable by MathJax as it performs the rendering.

If using Mozilla Firefox for your browser to use the User Assistance, the math may display as a
[Math Processing Error]. If that is the case, you will need to install the MathJax TeX Open Type fonts on
the local computer. Installing the appropriate fonts is straightforward. The fonts are the Open Type
MathJax TeX fonts found in:

<Parent Installation
directory>/Documentation/2022LE/English/MathJax/fonts/HTML-CSS/TeX/otf

where Parent Installation directory is the directory you specified during installation in which
the documentation has been installed.

With appropriate user privileges (e.g., by running as "Administrator"), the files should be copied
to one of the computer's font directories and installed as required by the operating system.

For example, on Windows the font directory is C:\Windows\Fonts and to install any or
all of the fonts, just right-click a selection and choose Install.

 If you installed MathJax fonts for a previous release and you are having math display issues, you
may need to update these fonts. ven if the fonts were originally installed to solve a problem
with Firefox, you may encounter math display issues in other browsers if you are not using the
newer fonts.

For example, check the equation display on the MathJax homepage (https://www.mathjax.org) in
your browser. If 2πi bumps into the fraction bar, you will need to reinstall the fonts as described
above.
 Due to a CORS feature introduced on Firefox 68 (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSRequestNotHttp), in order to view the table of contents
of the User Assistance (documentation), you must set the privacy.file_unique_origin preference
to false:
(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar, and then press Enter or Return.
Click the button promising to be careful or accepting the risk.
(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste uniq and pause while the list is filtered.

(3) Double-click the privacy.file_unique_origin preference to switch the value from "true" to
"false".

 Some of the Python scripts obtained with earlier releases of Abaqus Student Edition for Abaqus
training course workshop problems and “Getting Started with Abaqus/CAE” example problems
are not compatible with Abaqus Learning Edition.

If you find that a Python script fails in this scenario, open the .py file and change the following
from:

if re.search('Student', uti.getProductVersion()):

to:

if re.search('Learning', uti.getProductVersion()):

then save the .py file.

Post Installation Troubleshooting
If you see an error dialog during installation like:

Unable to properly install interoperability files.

To complete this step manually after installation completes,

please see the section 'Post Installation Troubleshooting'
of the InstallationGuide.pdf located at the top level of your extracted media.

If so, click the Continue button.

After the installation completes, follow the steps below to correct the issue:

Run the following in a command prompt window with administrative privileges:

<installation directory>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\unzip.exe -q -o
<installation directory>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\InteropPkg.zip -
d <installation directory>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop

For example if you install in the default location (C:\SIMULIA) then run:
C:\SIMULIA\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\unzip.exe -q -o
C:\SIMULIA\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\InteropPkg.zip -d
C:\SIMULIA\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop

NOTE: Before running the product uninstallation, remove the following folders from the
installation:

<INSTALLATION DIRECTORY>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\code
<INSTALLATION DIRECTORY>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\reffiles
<INSTALLATION DIRECTORY>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\resources
<INSTALLATION DIRECTORY>\CAE\2022LE\win_b64\code\bin\SMAExternal\Interop\startup

If you see an error dialog during installation like:

Unable to update documentation configuration.

To perform the manual configuration after installation,

please see the section 'Post Installation Troubleshooting'
of the InstallationGuide.pdf located at the top level of your extracted media.

If so, click the Continue button.

After the installation completes, follow the steps below to correct the issue:

1. Open the following file in notepad (If it doesn’t exist, create it):
<parent installation directory>/CAE/2022LE/win_b64/SMA/site/custom_v6.env
 2. Add the following line to the file
doc_root=”http://<fully qualified machine name>:<Node.js server port number>/English”

NOTE: You can find the <fully qualified machine name> and <Node.js server port
number> by reading the following file with Notepad that is located the Abaqus
Learning Edition documentation installation below:

<Parent installation
directory>\Documentation\2022LE\StartDocumentationUsingJavaSearch

For example: If you selected the default parent installation directory it would be

C:\SIMULIA\Documentation\2022LE\StartDocumentationUsingJavaSearch

For example: If the fully qualified machine name for your computer is
mypc.myhouse.com and the available Node.js server port number that was found
during the installation was 4040, the custom_v6.env would contain one line:

doc_root=”http://mypc.myhouse.com:4040/English”

3. Save the custom_v6.env and exit notepad

If you see an error dialog during installation like:

Unable to add Abaqus command directory C:\SIMULIA\Commands to PATH variable.

To perform the manual configuration after installation,

please see the section 'Post Installation Troubleshooting'
of the InstallationGuide.pdf located at the top level of your extracted media.

If so, click the Continue button.

After the installation completes, please follow these instructions below:

1. Open an Administrator Command Prompt window.

2. Enter the command:
setx /m PATH "C:\SIMULIA\Commands;%PATH%"
Where 'C:\SIMULIA' is the Parent installation directory that you specified when you
did the Abaqus Learning Edition installation.
3. Close the Administrator Command Prompt window and open a new Command
Prompt window.
4. Run the Abaqus commands using just the launcher name:
abq2022le cae