This section describes the plug-ins that are provided with Abaqus/CAE and appear in the Plug-ins menu. Select Plug-insAbout Plug-ins to display a View button that displays help on each plug-in. The following plug-ins are described:

• “Running the Getting Started with Abaqus examples,” Section 77.1

• “Creating a GUI plug-in,” Section 77.2

• “Creating a kernel plug-in,” Section 77.3

• “Creating dialog boxes with the Really Simple GUI (RSG) Dialog Builder,” Section 77.4

• “Upgrading a script,” Section 77.5

• “Displaying modal contribution factors,” Section 77.6

• “Displaying the history of the adaptive remeshing error indicator,” Section 77.7

• “Generating a report of postprocessing results,” Section 77.8

• “Exchanging data between Abaqus/CAE and Microsoft Excel,” Section 77.9