Table A.1 shows some environment variables which, with the exception of the first, no longer need to be used to configure the interface. This can now be done by setting relevant resources by editing the resource file (see section 1.4).
| Variable | Purpose | Options | Default |
| FG_PRE_INT | Sets ABAQUS as the default FE Environment. | ABAQUS | NEUTRAL |
| (PROPERTY FE ABAQUS becomes unnecessary.) | |||
| FG_PRE_VER | ABAQUS 4.9/5.2 Input Deck Format Control. | 4.9/5.2 | 5.6 |
| Manages the format changes between ABAQUS | 5.3/5.4/5.5/5.6 | ||
| 4.X and ABAQUS 5.X input decks. | |||
| FG_PRE_EXP | ABAQUS/Explicit and Solver Selection. | YES/NO | NO (Std) |
| Manages the Step control changes between | SPARSE (Std) | ||
| ABAQUS/Standard and Explicit. And allows | |||
| SPARSE solver for ABAQUS/Standard to be | |||
| selected instead of the default frontal solver. | |||
| FG_PRE_FOR | ABAQUS '.fil' File Format Control. | ASCII/BINARY | BINARY |
| Controls the format of the ABAQUS results | ZASCII/ZBINARY | ||
| file for use where ABAQUS is installed on | |||
| a different computer to FEMGV. ZASCII and | |||
| ZBINARY also allow for the ZERO INCREMENT | |||
| option to be included in '*FILE FORMAT'. | |||
| FG_PRE_ERR | Extended Error Message Option. | YES/NO | NO |
| Controls the writing of error and warning | |||
| messages to the ABAQUS input deck and the | |||
| FEMGEN log and history files. | |||
| FG_PRE_DIA | Interactive Dialogue Option. | YES/NO | NO |
| Enables the user to select which loadcases | |||
| are to be processed, as well as other options. | |||
| FG_PRE_SIZ | Node and Element numbers format selection, | LARGE/SMALL | SMALL |
| available for ABAQUS 5.2 and above. 'SMALL' | |||
| uses I5 format and 'LARGE' enables to write | |||
| numbers up to 7 digits (ABAQUS limit). | |||
| FG_PRE_OUT | ABAQUS result output file type selection. | FIL/RES/BOTH | FIL |
| Enables the user to select which type of output | |||
| file is needed: '.fil' file or '.res' file or both. | |||
| FG_PRE_INC | Additional ABAQUS input file control. | NONE/NODES/GEOM | NONE |
| Enable writing either the nodes (NODES) or the | |||
| geometry, i.e. nodes and elements, (GEOM) to a | |||
| separate input file. | |||
| FG_PRE_SET | Control whether element sets are written for | NO/YES | YES |
| each geometric part (written by default). | |||
| FG_PRE_MAT | Material and Physical Property Files Directory | dir_name | None |
| Definition. | |||
| FG_PRE_RES | Result Output Control File Definition | file_name | None |
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