Description: You can enter partial names into the File Name field of file selection dialog boxes. Use common wildcard search characters such as question marks and asterisks to indicate characters that can be replaced. For example, if you enter *dyn*, Abaqus/CAE lists all files within the current directory containing “dyn” and ignores all preceding or following characters. You can specify lists of characters to be allowed or excluded from the file names, and you can specify patterns. When you use a wildcard search, Abaqus/CAE also clears the file extension setting in the File Filter field, allowing you to select files with nonstandard file extensions.