The model attributes describe characteristics of a model and are stored with a model in the model database. The following list describes the attributes of an Abaqus/CAE model:

• The description of the model. If you have many similar models in a model database, you can use the model description to distinguish between the models. The description that you enter is stored with the model attributes; the description is written above the header of the input file but is not written to the output database. For more information, see “Adding descriptions to your Abaqus/CAE model,” Section 9.9.2.

• The physical constants for the model. You can enter values for the absolute zero temperature and the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. These values are needed to specify surface emissivity and radiation conditions in heat transfer analyses.

• Restart information that will start the analysis using data from a previous analysis. You can specify the following:

  • The name of the job from which Abaqus/CAE will read the restart information.

  • The name of the step from which Abaqus/CAE will restart the analysis.

  • The increment or the interval of the step from which Abaqus/CAE will restart the analysis.

  For more information, see “Restarting an analysis,” Section 18.5, and “Restarting an analysis,” Section 9.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual.

• Submodel information that will be used to drive submodel boundary conditions or loads in the model. You can specify the following:

  • The job from which the global solution will be used to drive the submodel boundary conditions or loads.

  • Whether a shell global model will be used to drive a solid submodel.

  For more information, see Chapter 35, “Submodeling.”

Select ModelEdit Attributesmodel name from the main menu bar to edit the attributes of the selected model.

• “Editing model attributes,” Section 9.8.4