Description: The new SIM database (job-name.sim) is the file format used to exchange bulky FEA data between 3DEXPERIENCE Platform apps and computationally intensive components like implicit and explicit solvers. For example, the Physics Results Explorer app uses the SIM database for high-performance postprocessing of analysis results.

The Abaqus output database is now available in two formats, ODB and SIM. By default, the results output is created in ODB format. Only results in SIM format can be imported into the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform for high-performance postprocessing. For Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit analyses the new resultsformat command line option provides control over the output format for Abaqus results, including writing results in both formats. For Abaqus/CFD analyses you use the field and history command line options to write results in SIM format.

Your choice of output format depends on your level of experience with high-performance visualization, the Physics Results Explorer app, and your postprocessing needs.

• If you are still learning to use high-performance visualization and you want to compare your results with Abaqus/Viewer, write results in both formats.

• If the model is large and you need the improved performance of the Physics Results Explorer app, as well as the capabilities of Abaqus/Viewer, write results in both formats.

• If you are confident that the high-performance visualization features in the Physics Results Explorer app provide all the capabilities you need, write results in SIM format.

Job module:
    JobEdit: General tabbed page: Results Format: ODB, SIM, or Both (Abaqus/Standard 
    and Abaqus/Explicit only)