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--- abaqus [2024/04/18 11:06] – [Installing Abaqus on Windows] bdatta1
+++ abaqus [2024/04/18 11:10] (current) – [Linking Intel oneMKL to ABAQUS (optional)] bdatta1
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 **Make sure to obtain the research license for Abaqus from WSE IT. Academic license have limited functionalities.**
-==== Microsoft Visual Studio and Intel oneAPI ====
+==== Installing Microsoft Visual Studio and Intel oneAPI ====
-To be able to leverage user-defined features of Abaqus, **Microsoft Visual Studio** and **Intel Fortran Compiler** are required to be installed **in that order**. Installing in different order will not work. Intel Fortran (and C++) compiler is a part of Intel oneAPI Toolkit which is available for free. Download the latest stable version of Intel oneAPI, both Base Toolkit and HPC Toolkit. The Base Toolkit has the compiler and oneMKL package and HPC Toolkit has the parallel computing packages. Please make sure to check which version of Microsoft Visual Studio is compatible with that particular Intel oneAPI version. Download the compatible version of the community edition of Visual Studio. Both these software are freely available.
+**Visual Studio and Intel oneAPI have to be installed in that order while Abaqus can be installed at any time.**
+To be able to leverage user-defined features of Abaqus, **Microsoft Visual Studio** and **Intel Fortran Compiler** are required to be installed. Intel Fortran (and C++) compiler is a part of Intel oneAPI Toolkit which is available for free. Download the latest stable version of Intel oneAPI, both Base Toolkit and HPC Toolkit. The Base Toolkit has the compiler and oneMKL package and HPC Toolkit has the parallel computing packages. Please make sure to check which version of Microsoft Visual Studio is compatible with that particular version of Intel oneAPI. Download the compatible version of the community edition of Visual Studio. Both these software are freely available.
   - Start the installation procedure with Visual Studio. Make sure to select ''Desktop development with C++'' on the installation page while other settings could be default. The installation process is trivial. \\ \\
-  - Then install the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit and Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit, respectively. Default installation should work and both of these software will recognize existing Visual Studio and link itself. This process might take 30-40 minutes. \\ \\
+  - Then install the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit and Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit, respectively. Default installation should work and both of these software will recognize existing Visual Studio and link itself. \\ \\
   - Upon successful installation, Intel oneAPI packages will be installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI directory on Windows. Navigate further into the directory and check the folder ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\compiler\2021.1.1\windows\bin\intel64'' (version could be different) for the ''ifort'' executable. Copy the path to a text editor for later use. \\ \\
   - Now navigate to the ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\compiler\2021.1.1\env'' directory (again, the version could be different) and locate the ''vars.bat'' file. If your directory names are arranged differently for Intel oneAPI, you can search for the ''vars.bat'' through Windows Explorer and locate the one under the compiler directory. There will be other ''vars.bat'' files for different oneAPI packages, so, please make sure you find the right one. Copy the path to a text editor for later use. \\ \\
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   - Now navigate to ''C:\SIMULIA\EstProducts\2020\win_b64\SMA\site'' (or similar directory) based on your ABAQUS installation and locate ''win86_64.env'' file and open it as an administrator (same as before). Find the following line and add ''/Qmkl:sequential'' in between other compiler flag options. The file should now look as below for that line. <code>
 compile_fortran=['ifort','/Qmkl:sequential', ... ...
-</code> You should be able to use the Intel oneMKL library now with ABAQUS. Apparently, by using ''/Qmkl:parallel'', you may be able to use the parallel version of oneMKL, however, it has never been tested nor found to be necessary for the ABAQUS user subroutine feature so far.
+</code> You should be able to use the Intel oneMKL library now with ABAQUS. Apparently, by using ''/Qmkl:parallel'', you may be able to use the parallel version of oneMKL, however, it has never been tested we do not think is is necessary either for the ABAQUS user subroutine feature so far.
 ==== Programming Abaqus user subroutines ====