A defect is Potentially Serious when one behavior should occur, but the software is providing a wrong result or behavior that is not obvious to the user.  A defect is classified as Potentially Serious without regard for the frequency at which it may occur.

This article includes a spreadsheet listing of the SIMULIA potentially serious errors.

Batch queuing systems are designed to manage applications and compute resources, while maximizing the usage of each. Often each system is customized for a company's needs, according to available computing resources and applications supported.

This article explains a way to run Abaqus analyses using a resource manager batch queue.

The SIMULIA FLEXnet license server uses two daemon processes to manage license requests.The lmgrd daemon manages the initial contact with the FLEXnet-licensed applications and then passes the connection on to the vendor specific ABAQUSLM daemon. The lmgrd daemon also starts and restarts the ABAQUSLM daemon as needed.

During the installation of a FLEXnet license for SIMULIA products, the license server machine remains behind a firewall or NAT (Network Address Translation) device. This Q&A article provides a way for the same.

"Clock difference too large between client and server" error will be issued if the date/time on the client system does not agree closely enough with that on the Abaqus FLEXnet or DSLS license server. The allowable difference is preset by the software.

For FLEXnet license, reduce the time difference between the client and license server systems so that it is less than 24 hours, and the problem should disappear.  For DSLS licensing, client and server should have an absolute time difference lower than one hour (DSLS converts local time to UTC equivalent).

When it comes to deleting simulation data from the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, there are certain do's and don'ts that one should keep in mind. Following these best practices can help you avoid leaving orphaned simulation results and ensure that your data is properly managed.

This article explains the recommended steps to delete both simulation objects and their results from 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud.

A plug-in is a piece of software that installs itself into another application to extend the capabilities of that application. Abaqus plug-ins execute Abaqus Scripting Interface and Abaqus GUI Toolkit commands, and they provide a way to customize Abaqus/CAE for your particular needs or preferences.

Several plug-ins are provided on the Abaqus installation CD. The portal provides example plug-ins as well as access to a community of users that fosters the advance of the Abaqus Scripting Interface and the Abaqus GUI Toolkit. You can also write your own plug-ins.

This Q&A article provides a way to report when the SIMULIA CST Studio Suite crashes or enters a freezing/hanging state and becomes unresponsive.

During the events where CST Studio Suite becomes unresponsive, the steps explained in this article will help CST Support to create and analyze the memory dumps and crash dumps.

A plugin has been developed for Abaqus/CAE that facilitates the setup, analysis, and post-processing of finite element representative volume element (FE-RVE) models. Such models permit detailed study of the behavior of small-scale material microstructures under the influence of far-field loading.

This Q&A article provides information about how to analyze a periodic unit cell or representative volume element (RVE) model using Abaqus.

The Microsoft Windows operating system includes a simple and effective Firewall as a built-in feature.

This Q&A article provides the information about the effect of Windows firewall on Simulia products.

The Abaqus benchmarks results published on our Performance Data web page are provided as general guidelines for assessing expected Abaqus performance when running a variety of analysis types on different hardware configurations.

This Q&A article can help the users to improve the performance of their system.