This chapter describes the following general enhancements that have been made to Abaqus:

• “Administrator privileges required for Abaqus installations,” Section 2.1

• “New installation startup interface on Windows platforms,” Section 2.2

• “Installation of Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries,” Section 2.3

• “Abaqus license server upgrade,” Section 2.4

• “Browsing and searching the contents of data, message, and status files within the job monitor,” Section 2.5

• “Searchable upgrade and conversion log files in Abaqus/CAE,” Section 2.6

• “Improved display of translucent objects,” Section 2.7

• “Geometry and mesh performance enhancements,” Section 2.8

• “Improvements to usability and performance for color coding,” Section 2.9

• “Enhanced capability for stopping time-consuming processes,” Section 2.10

• “Exchanging Abaqus/CAE data with Microsoft Excel,” Section 2.11

• “Localized Chinese version of Abaqus/CAE,” Section 2.12