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+#
+#        DAMASK Abaqus Environment File
+#
+#       ------------------------------------
+# originally taken from Abaqus ver. 6.11.1
+#
+#
+# Linux (Opteron/EM64T) Settings:
+#
+# Compile and Link command for user subroutines.
+# Compile_cpp and link_exe for Abaqus make utility.
+#
+import os, re, glob, driverUtils
+from damask import version as DAMASKVERSION
+
+# Use the version in $PATH
+fortCmd = "ifort"
+
+# -free                           to use free-format FORTRAN 90 syntax
+# -O <0-3>                        optimization level
+# -fpp                            use FORTRAN preprocessor on source code
+# -openmp                         build with openMP support
+# -w90 -w95                       suppress messages about use of non-standard Fortran (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
+# -WB                             turn a compile-time bounds check into a warning (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
+# -mP2OPT_hpo_vec_divbyzero=F     inofficial compiler switch, proposed by abaqus but highly dubios (previous version of abaqus_v6.env only)
+# -ftz                            flush underflow to zero
+# -diag-disable 5268              disable warnings about line length > 132 (only comments there anyway)
+# -implicitnone                   assume no implicit types (e.g. i for integer)
+# -standard-semantics             sets standard (Fortran 2008) and some other conventions
+# -assume nostd_mod_proc_name     avoid problems with libraries compiled without that option
+# -real-size 64 -DFLOAT=8         assume size of real to be 8 bytes, matches our definition of pReal
+# -integer-size 32 -DINT=4        assume size of integer to be 4 bytes, matches our definition of pInt
+
+compile_fortran = (fortCmd + " -c -fPIC -auto -shared-intel " + 
+                   "-I%I -free -O1 -fpp -openmp " +
+                   "-ftz -diag-disable 5268 " +
+                   "-implicitnone -standard-semantics " +
+                   "-assume nostd_mod_proc_name " +
+                   "-real-size 64 -integer-size 32 -DFLOAT=8 -DINT=4 " +
+                   "-check bounds,format,output_conversion,uninit " +
+                   "-ftrapuv -fpe-all0 " +
+                   "-g -traceback -gen-interfaces -fp-stack-check -fp-model strict "  +
+                   '-DDAMASKVERSION=\\\"%s\\\"'%DAMASKVERSION)
+
+# Abaqus/CAE will generate an input file without parts and assemblies.
+cae_no_parts_input_file=ON
+# Both the Abaqus/Explicit packager and analysis are run in double precision.
+double_precision=BOTH
+# The user will not be asked whether old job files of the same name should be deleted.
+ask_delete=OFF
+
+# usub_lib_dir='your_prefered_location/abqlib'
+
+# Remove the temporary names from the namespace
+del fortCmd
+del DAMASKVERSION