Stores the status of increment summaries written by ABAQUS using the analysis option; ABAQUS is data analysis program used for finite element analysis (FEA); examples of uses for ABAQUS include static and dynamic stress calculation, heat transfer and thermal stress, mass diffusion, and fracture mechanics analysis.

ABAQUS is available in the following versions:

1. ABAQUS/Standard - for traditional implicit finite element analyses
2. ABAQUS/Explicit - for transient dynamics and quasi-static analyses
3. ABAQUS/CAE - for modeling and visualizing environments