
Use the items under File on the main menu bar to do the following:
Select File
New Model Database
With Standard/Explicit Model to create a new model database for an Abaqus/Standard or an Abaqus/Explicit analysis. You can also click
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
Select File
New Model Database
With CFD Model to create a new model database for an Abaqus/CFD analysis. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
Select File
New Model Database
With Electromagnetic Model to create a new model database for an electromagnetic analysis. For more information, see “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1.
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Open to open an existing model database or output database. You can also click
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Opening a model database or an output database,” Section 9.7.2.
Select File
Network ODB Connector to create a connection with a remote host that you can use to read a remote output database. For more information, see “Creating a network ODB connector,” Section 9.7.4.
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Close ODB to close an output database. For more information, see “Closing the current output database,” Section 9.7.7.
Select File
Set Work Directory to change the work directory. For more information, see “Setting the work directory,” Section 9.7.8.
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Save to save the current model database. You can also click
in the File toolbar. For more information, see “Saving the current model database,” Section 9.7.9.
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Save As to save the current model database to a new file with a different name. For more information, see “Saving the current model database to a new file with a different name,” Section 9.7.11.
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Compress MDB to compress the current model database. For more information, see “Compressing the file size of the current model database,” Section 9.7.12.
Select File
Save Display Options to save your customized part, assembly, and Visualization module display settings. For more information, see “Understanding Abaqus/CAE GUI settings,” Section 3.6, and “Saving your display options settings,” Section 76.16.
Select File
Save Session Objects to save session-specific object definitions such as view cuts, display groups, or paths to a file, model database, or output database. For more information, see “Managing session objects and session options,” Section 9.9.
Select File
Load Session Objects to load previously saved session-specific object definitions into the current session. For more information, see “Managing session objects and session options,” Section 9.9.
Select File
Import
Sketch to import a planar sketch. For more information, see “Importing sketches,” Section 10.7.1.
Select File
Import
Part to import a part. For more information, see “Importing parts,” Section 10.7.2.
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Import
Model to import a model. For more information, see “Importing a model,” Section 10.8.
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Export
Sketch to export the current sketch. For more information, see “Exporting a sketch to an ACIS-, IGES-, or STEP-format file,” Section 10.9.1.
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Export
Part to export the current part. For more information, see “Exporting a part to an ACIS-, IGES-, STEP-, or VDA-format file,” Section 10.9.2.
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Export
Assembly to export the part instances in the assembly. For more information, see “Exporting the assembly to an ACIS-format file,” Section 10.9.3.
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Export
VRML to export the current viewport to a VRML-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to a VRML-format file,” Section 10.9.4.
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Export
3DXML to export the current viewport to a 3D XML-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to a 3D XML-format file,” Section 10.9.5.
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Export
OBJ to export the current viewport to an OBJ-format file. For more information, see “Exporting viewport data to an OBJ-format file,” Section 10.9.6.
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Run Script to execute a file containing Abaqus Scripting Interface commands. For more information, see “Replaying an Abaqus/CAE session,” Section 9.5.1, and “Creating and running your own scripts,” Section 9.5.4.
Select File
Macro Manager to store your actions in a macro file as a sequence of Abaqus Scripting Interface commands. You can also run a macro and rename an existing macro. For more information, see “Creating and running a macro,” Section 9.5.5.
Select File
Print to print all or selected viewports and annotations. You can also click
in the File toolbar. For more information, see Chapter 8, “Printing viewports.”
Select File
Abaqus PDE to open the Abaqus Python development environment. The Abaqus PDE is a separate application used to create, edit, test, and debug scripts. For more information, see “An overview of the Abaqus Python development environment,” Section 7.1 of the Abaqus Scripting User's Guide.
Select File
Exit to exit the Abaqus/CAE session. For more information, see “Exiting an Abaqus/CAE session,” Section 2.1.2.
