If you have the SIMULIA Academic Research or Teaching Suites at your institution and you would like to get started using Abaqus, here is a simple step-by-step workshop example that will show you how to:-

start an Abaqus/CAE GUI session; create parts; define and assign physical properties; assemble parts; generate the interactions between parts; define a load step; apply loads and boundary conditions; apply the mesh; set up the job and submit it for analysis; then review the results.

Remember to save the relevant files at the end for the following Topological Optimisation study using Tosca Structure.