Determining what version of Fortran is needed for ABAQUS

[Mark Barkey]

Compilers should be installed before ABAQUS if possible so that the paths can be automatically set up.

It is not impossible to work with if the compilers are installed second, but there is more work involved if you install them second.

To see what Simulia used to test ABAQUS 2018 go to this link:
https://www.3ds.com/support/hardware-and-software/simulia-system-information/abaqus-2018/test-configurations-for-abaqus-2018-products/

and then then expand the Windows link, click on the windows 10 link to get a PDF with the test configuration.

Here is what it says for compilers:

Date: Mon Nov 13 14:35:09 2017
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Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz
Number of CPUs: 4
Physical Memory: 16311 MB
Virtual Memory: 12179 Available / 18744 Total Mbytes
OS Version: Windows 10 Enterprise (Build 14393) C++
Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0.24215.1
Linker Version: Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.24215.1
Fortran Compiler: Intel Fortran Compiler 16.0
MPI: MS-MPI 5.0.12435.6
Browser: Internet Explorer 11.0.14393.1715

... so it looks like Fortran 16.0 is needed. Lastly, here is a link that tells you that Fortran 16.0 is Intel Fortran 2016.
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-compiler-and-composer-update-version-numbers-to-compiler-version-number-mapping


For other versions of ABAQUS, follow similar steps.