This chapter discusses commands and utilities for running the Abaqus products. It provides an overview of the following enhancements:

• “GPGPU direct solver acceleration,” Section 3.1

• “Parallel ordering for the direct sparse solver,” Section 3.2

• “Thread parallel element and contact search calculations for transient fidelity dynamic analyses,” Section 3.3

• “Parallel support for Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Standard import,” Section 3.4

• “Parallel support for Abaqus/Standard co-simulation,” Section 3.5

• “Co-simulation execution procedure,” Section 3.6

• “Mapping thermal and magnetic loads,” Section 3.7