Submitting Jobs

When you submit an analysis case to the Abaqus solver, an Abaqus input file is generated and the analysis results are written to an Abaqus output database file. Before you can submit a job, you must specify the location of the Abaqus solver installation as part of the configuration settings in the Tools>Options dialog box; see Configuring an Abaqus Analysis.

This task shows you how to submit an analysis case to the Abaqus solver.

  1. Click the Job Manager icon .

    The Job Manager dialog box appears with a list of the jobs that you have created. By default, jobs for all analysis cases are shown.

  2. Select one or more jobs from the list in the Job Manager, and click Submit.

    Tip:  You can also submit a job by right-clicking on the Job objects set in the specification tree and selecting Submit from the menu that appears.

    Abaqus submits the selected jobs for processing. Jobs are processed sequentially, with thermal analysis cases processed first so that the results will be available for use in coupled thermal-stress analyses. If you submit a single job and Run model consistency check is toggled on in the job editor, a Job Submission dialog box appears with the results of the consistency checks described in Checking Your Model. Messages from the input file writer are listed on the Write Input File Messages tabbed page, and Abaqus for CATIA V5 shows a consistency check error at the top of the list of errors in the Consistency Check Messages tabbed window if one or more input file writing errors occur. This consistency check error does not appear if the input file writing generates only warnings, and only one consistency check error is displayed even if multiple input file writing errors are displayed in the Write Input File Messages tabbed window. The Job Submission dialog box shows the Write Input File Messages tabbed window by default if an input file writing error occurs.

  3. Investigate and, if necessary, correct any error or warning messages in the Job Submission dialog box. Click Continue to continue the analysis, or click Abort to terminate the analysis so that you can make changes to your model.

    Tip:  If you submitted multiple jobs at the same time, the Job Submission dialog box is not available. If an analysis terminates or if there is a problem with the results, select a single job and click Monitor to review warning or error messages created as the analysis was running. You can also submit the jobs again individually with the consistency checks turned on to review any errors and warnings generated prior to the analysis.

  4. When you click Continue in the Job Submission dialog box or, if the model consistency checks are suppressed, when you click Submit in the Job Manager, Abaqus for CATIA V5 submits the job or jobs for analysis using the settings defined in the job editor.

    The information in the Status column of the Job Manager updates to indicate the job's status.

    Note:  For information on monitoring a job that you have submitted, see Monitoring the Progress of a Job.

  5. When the job completes successfully (i.e., the Status column displays Completed), you are ready to review the results of the analysis. See Viewing the Results of Your Job for more information.