Re: Memory/OS/Version

Hi Daniel,

> Actually, I'm already using the UMAT. The only problem is that I'm
> unhappy that Abaqus is using only 3Gb (the 32-bit limit), while my
> notebook has 6Gb and operates on 64-bit.
> Abaqus had shown different error messages. Once it said that I
> should be using a 64-bit hardware. There's no need to say I'm using
> it.

From your message I am not sure if the operating system is 64bit (Windows XP Pro 64bit, or Vista 64bit). Without that, even if the processor is 64bit, it runs in 32bit mode. Then, even if the OS is 64bit, you also need the 64bit executable to take advantage of the bigger memory space.

> A hint, a clue to my problem should be the file I run to use the
> sub-routines - the ifortvars.bat from IA32 directory, although,
> there's no problem with my compiler.

There, that's it. If you are using the IA32 directory, that means you are compiling 32bit objects and linking against 32bit libraries, which means that you can only use the 32bit version of ABAQUS. Did you install the 64bit version of ABAQUS as well? The compiler should have installed 64bit support, and in that case you should be using the corresponding ifortvars.bat. Probably you only need to change that.

Hope this helps,
Fernando