I have some Python code which interacts with the Abaqus Python Scripting Interface. It ends up running a job and a .odb file is generated as a result.

I would like to have my job generate both a .odb file and a .sim file. 

In the documentation, it says that you can use "abaqus job=job-name resultsformat=both" to generate both a .odb file and a .sim file. However, I invoke my script via "abaqus cae noGUI=my-script-name", so I can't use the "resultsformat=both" technique. Is there a way to specify that I want a .sim file in addition to the .odb file in my Python script?

I noticed that there is "abaqus odb2sim" command which can convert a .odb to a .sim file. I would like to avoid invoking this in the middle of my Python script, but I can do so if it's the only option.