If you modify your Abaqus/CAE GUI settings (for example, if you change the size of the main window), Abaqus/CAE stores the new settings and applies them to future sessions. The following GUI settings are stored:

• The size and location of the main window.

• The size and location of a particular dialog box; for example, the Open Database and Create Part dialog boxes.

• The location, orientation, and visibility of individual toolbars.

• Custom toolbars.

• Customized keyboard shortcuts.

• The size of the message area and command line interface.

• Whether the Model Tree and Results Tree are displayed. The width of the tree area is also stored.

• Bookmarks to directories that you created when opening a file.

When you exit Abaqus/CAE, your current GUI settings are stored in a binary file called abaqus_v6.9.gpr in your home directory. When you start a new session, Abaqus/CAE loads this file and applies the settings. You cannot edit the abaqus_v6.9.gpr file; however, you can delete it to restore the default GUI settings.

In addition, you can save your modified display options settings (for example, the render style; the visibility of the various types of datum geometry; and the display of mesh, element, and node labels.) You can save your customized display options settings in abaqus_v6.9.gpr in your home directory and apply them to all your Abaqus/CAE sessions. Alternatively, you can save these settings in a version of abaqus_v6.9.gpr in the current directory and apply them only to subsequent sessions that you start from that directory. For more information, see “Saving your display options settings,” Section 72.15.