Abaqus¶

Abaqus can work in both multithreading and multiprocessing (MPI) modes. Below, you can find examples of submission scripts for both modes.

Multiprocessing job (MPI)¶

1. Load module

module load abaqus/2024

The launcher command matches the version you load: abaqus/2024 provides abq2024, abaqus/2022 provides abq. The associated fe-safe and tosca tools are available as well.

2. Submit abaqus job

If you want to run Abaqus with multiprocessing on a single node, you can submit the following script:

#!/bin/bash
#
#SBATCH --job-name="SC8R_S1_DMB_R"
#SBATCH --time=108:00:00
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=16
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
#SBATCH --partition=compute
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=4GB
#SBATCH --account=research-<faculty>-<department>
#
JOBNAME=SC8R_S1_DMB_R1
module load abaqus/2024
cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR
TMP=$SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR/results_$JOBNAME
mkdir -p $TMP
cp $JOBNAME.inp $JOBNAME.py $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR/ $TMP
cd $TMP
abq2024 job=$JOBNAME input=$JOBNAME.inp cpus=$SLURM_NPROCS mp_mode=mpi interactive  
abq2024 cae noGUI=$JOBNAME.py

Multithreading job¶

1. Load module

module load abaqus/2024

The launcher command matches the version you load: abaqus/2024 provides abq2024, abaqus/2022 provides abq. The associated fe-safe and tosca tools are available as well.

2. Submit abaqus job

If you want to run Abaqus with shared memory on a single node, you can submit the following script:

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name="abaqus"
#SBATCH --partition=compute
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=4
#SBATCH --time=08:00:00
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=2G
#SBATCH --account=research-<faculty>-<department>

module load abaqus/2024

abq2024 cpus=$SLURM_NPROCS mp_mode=threads [all your other abaqus parameters here...]

Running Abaqus interactively with GUI¶

Start a DelftBlue Desktop session from Open OnDemand. Inside the desktop, open a terminal and load Abaqus:

module load 2026 visual
module load abaqus/2024
abq2024 cae

You should see the Abaqus/CAE window:

Abaqus CAE

Harmless warnings on start-up

Abaqus/CAE prints a few messages when it starts in the desktop, such as X Error: ... BadValue and a warning about "creating an OpenGL feedback context for printing" / indirect GLX. With software rendering these are expected and do not affect normal use.