Abaqus HTML documentation is installed separately from the licensing and product installations and is viewed through a web browser. It is recommended that you install and start the Abaqus web server to serve the HTML files to your web browser. You can install HTML documentation without a web server; however, in this case no search functionality is available. For information on the documentation installation options, see “Abaqus HTML documentation installation details,” Section 2.2.

This appendix contains information related to configuring the Abaqus HTML documentation. You must configure the Abaqus HTML documentation if you use an existing non-Abaqus web server during the HTML documentation installation procedure, if you install Abaqus products before installing Abaqus HTML documentation, or if you do not specify the URL for HTML documentation during the product installation.

For the latest information on supported web servers and configuring existing non-Abaqus web servers, see the Answers in the SIMULIA Online Support System. The SIMULIA Online Support System is accessible through the My Support page at www.simulia.com