This appendix includes general information about the optional and required prerequisite system software for Abaqus. The definitive list of supported platforms and other system requirements is given in the Dassault Systèmes Program Directory.
The Program Directory is additional documentation, similar to release notes, available at http://media.3ds.com/support/progdir. Choose SIMULIA Abaqus as the product Line and Abaqus 6.14 as the Level, then choose Prerequisites in the left-hand pane. A support contract and private login account are required for access (see https://iam.3ds.com/self_service/login/service/websupport/).
Some Abaqus functionality requires additional software tools or components:
A FORTRAN or C++ compiler is required for compiling user subroutines but is not required for running Abaqus without user subroutines.
Message Passing Interface (MPI) components are required to use MPI-based parallel execution in Abaqus/Standard, to use domain-level parallelization in Abaqus/Explicit, or to run any job in Abaqus/CFD (regardless of the number of CPUs). See “Visual C++ and MPI Libraries,” Section 2.4.1, and check the Program Directory for supported MPI software and hardware interconnects.
X-Windows is required on Linux platforms. The OpenGL shared library is required on the computer where Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus/Viewer are run.