Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: The journal file now includes a header section that provides the Abaqus version, model database version, and the date when the model database was last saved. This information can be helpful when you recreate a saved model database.
Description: The journal (.jnl) file contains the Abaqus/CAE commands that will replicate the model database that was saved to disk. This file now includes a header section that describes the following: the Abaqus version, model database version, and the date when the model database was last saved.
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