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Abaqus ID: Printed on: Preface ThissectionlistsvariousresourcesthatareavailableforhelpwithusingAbaqusUnifiedFEAsoftware. Support Both technical engineering support (for problems with creating a model or performing an analysis) and systemssupport(forinstallation,licensing,andhardware-relatedproblems)forAbaqusareofferedthrough anetworkoflocalsupportoffices. RegionalcontactinformationislistedinthefrontofeachAbaqusmanual andisaccessiblefromtheLocationspageatwww.simulia.com. SIMULIA Online Support System TheSIMULIAOnlineSupportSystem(SOSS)providesaknowledgedatabaseofSIMULIAAnswers. The SIMULIAAnswersaresolutionstoquestionsthatwehavehadtoanswerorguidelinesonhowtouseAbaqus, SIMULIASLM,Isight,andotherSIMULIAproducts. Youcanalsosubmitnewrequestsforsupportinthe SOSS. All support incidents are tracked in the SOSS. If you are contacting us by means outside the SOSS todiscussanexistingsupportproblemandyouknowtheincidentnumber,pleasementionitsothatwecan consultthedatabasetoseewhatthelatestactionhasbeen. TousetheSOSS,youneedtoregisterwiththesystem. VisittheMySupportpageatwww.simulia.com to register. Many questions about Abaqus can also be answered by visiting the Products page and the Support page atwww.simulia.com. Anonymous ftp site To facilitate data transfer with SIMULIA, an anonymous ftp account is available on the computer ftp.simulia.com. Loginasuseranonymous,andtypeyoure-mailaddressasyourpassword. Contactsupport before placingfiles onthe site. Training All offices and representatives offer regularly scheduled public training classes. We also provide training seminars at customer sites. All training classes and seminars include workshops to provide as much practical experience with Abaqus as possible. For a schedule and descriptions of available classes, see www.simulia.comorcallyourlocalofficeorrepresentative. Feedback WewelcomeanysuggestionsforimprovementstoAbaqussoftware,thesupportprogram,ordocumentation. We will ensure that any enhancement requests you make are considered for future releases. If you wish to makeasuggestionabouttheserviceorproducts,refertowww.simulia.com. Complaintsshouldbeaddressed bycontactingyourlocalofficeorthroughwww.simulia.com byvisitingtheQuality Assurancesectionof the Support page. Abaqus ID: Printed on: AbaqusVersion6.6ID: Printed on: CONTENTS Contents PART I OVERVIEWOFAbaqusDOCUMENTATION 1. Introduction TheAbaqusdocumentationcollection 1.1 PART II USINGTHEAbaqusHTMLDOCUMENTATION 2. OverviewoftheAbaqusHTMLdocumentation ViewingtheAbaqusHTMLdocumentation 2.1 TheAbaqusHTMLdocumentationcollectionpage 2.2 OpeninganHTMLbookfromthecollectionwindow 2.3 Viewingthebookwindow 2.4 OpeninganHTMLbookfromanotherHTMLbook 2.5 Modifyingthewidthofthetableofcontentsframe 2.6 Usingyourbrowsersettings 2.7 Printingfrom anHTMLbook 2.8 3. NavigatingintheAbaqusHTML documentation LocatinginformationintheAbaqusHTMLdocumentation 3.1 Usingthetableofcontentsframe 3.2 4. SearchingtheAbaqusHTML documentation Searchtermsandsearchphrases 4.1 Conductingasearchfromthebookwindow 4.2 Conductingasearchfromthecollectionwindow 4.3 HTMLsearchdetails 4.4 UsingtheAdvanced Searchoptions 4.5 Search strategies 4.6 v Abaqus ID:hhp-toc Printed on: Mon March 15 -- 10:58:27 2010 CONTENTS PART III USINGTHEAbaqusPDFDOCUMENTATION 5. OverviewoftheAbaqusPDFdocumentation ViewingtheAbaqusPDFdocumentation 5.1 LocatinginformationinthePDFdocumentation 5.2 Printingfrom aPDFbook 5.3 6. Searching the PDF documentation IndexedsearchingwithAdobeReader 6.1 ConductingasearchofasinglePDFbookortheentirePDFcollection 6.2 vi Abaqus ID:hhp-toc Printed on: Mon March 15 -- 10:58:27 2010 Part I: Overview of Abaqus Documentation (cid:129) Chapter1, “Introduction” Abaqus ID: Printed on:
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