Compare your system’s configuration to the Abaqus system requirements described in the Program Directory. The Program Directory is additional documentation, similar to release notes, available at http://media.3ds.com/support/progdir. Choose SIMULIA Abaqus as the product Line and Abaqus 6.14 as the Level, then choose Prerequisites in the left-hand pane. A support contract and private login account are required for access (see https://iam.3ds.com/self_service/login/service/websupport/). The disk space used for installation will be charged against the account of the owner of the Abaqus installation directory. Administrator privileges are required on Windows platforms for all installation activities. A complete Abaqus installation consists of three procedures. You should perform the installation procedures in the following order: 1. Abaqus documentation. 2. Abaqus licensing. You can use either FLEXnet licensing or Dassault Systèmes licensing, depending on which type of license file you have. 3. Abaqus products. Abaqus documentation should be installed on at least one computer on your network. Abaqus documentation should be installed before licensing and products because the product installation procedure uses the documentation URL to configure network access to the online documentation