This section discusses how you can use the Abaqus Scripting Interface to control Abaqus/CAE models and analysis jobs. The following topics are covered:

• “The Abaqus object model,” Section 6.1

• “Copying and deleting Abaqus Scripting Interface objects,” Section 6.2

• “Abaqus/CAE sequences,” Section 6.3

• “Namespace,” Section 6.4

• “Specifying what is displayed in the viewport,” Section 6.5

• “Specifying a region,” Section 6.6

• “Prompting the user for input,” Section 6.7

• “Interacting with Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit, and Abaqus/CFD,” Section 6.8

• “Using Abaqus Scripting Interface commands in your environment file,” Section 6.9