Abaqus

Abaqus FEA is a software suite for finite element analysis and computer-aided engineering.

Using your own license

Abaqus is available on Compute Canada clusters, but you must provide your own license. In your account, create a file named $HOME/.licenses/abaqus.lic containing this single line:

File : abaqus.lic

prepend_path("LM_LICENSE_FILE","port@server", ";")

...replacing port@server with the port number and name of your Abaqus license server.

Your license server must be reachable by our compute nodes, so your firewall will need to be configured appropriately. This usually requires our technical team to get in touch with the technical people managing your license software. Please contact our technical support and we will provide a list of IP addresses used by our clusters and obtain the information we need on the port and IP address of your server.

Cluster Batch Job Submission

Below is an example submission script for a small Abaqus Explicit job running on four cores:

File : file.txt

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --time=1-00:00
#SBATCH --mem=2500M
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=4
 
module load abaqus/6.14.1
unset SLURM_GTIDS
export MPI_IC_ORDER='tcp'

abaqus job=Job-SBS-ALU-EXPLICIT-01 input=2018-04-14-SBS-ALUMINUM-EXPLICIT-01.inp memory="2 gb" scratch=$SCRATCH cpus=4 interactive

To get a list of Abaqus' command line options run the command abaqus -help | less.

Site Specific Usage

Sharcnet License

Sharcnet provides a small but free license consisting of 2cae and 21 execute tokens with usage imposed limits 10 tokens/user and 15 tokens/group. It is available on a first come first serve basis and mainly intended for testing and light usage before deciding to purchase dedicated tokens. The license can be used by any Compute Canada member but only on SHARCNET hardware. Such hardware includes gra-vdi for running abaqus in full graphical mode and graham cluster for submitting compute batch jobs to the queue. Before you can use the license you must submit a ticket requesting access, please include the following statement with your full name and username filled in the designated locations:

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Subject: Abaqus Sharcnet License Agreement Declaration

This email is to confirm that i "_____________" with username "___________" will
only use “SIMULIA Academic Software” with tokens from the SHARCNET license server
for the following purposes:

1) on SHARCNET hardware where the software is already installed
2) in affiliation with a canadian degree-granting academic institution
3) for education, institutional or instruction purposes and not for any commercial
   or contract related purposes where results are not publishable
4) for experimental, theoretical and/or digital research work, undertaken primarily
   to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable
   facts, up to the point of proof-of-concept in a laboratory    
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Remote VDI Workstation

To connect first install the TigerVNC client on your desktop as described in VNC. To run abaqus graphically do the following steps:

1. Connect to gra-vdi.computecanada.ca with TigerVNC
2. module load StdEnv
3. module load abaqus/2019-sn
4. abaqus cae

Western Site License

The Western abaqus token pool may only be used on hardware located on Westerns campus according to the license agreement. This includes dusky legacy cluster but excludes graham and gra-vdi as these machines are located on the Waterloo campus. Before you can use the license you must contact the Western administrator, submit a ticket to compute canada support for contact information.

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