Abaqus Prerequisites for User Subroutines The table below summarizes the recommended compilers for use with different versions of Abaqus. See Abaqus documentation for more details.
Abaqus version
C++ Compiler
Fortran Compiler
MPI*
6.14
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011 Update 6
MS-MPI
2016
Visual Studio 2012 Update 4
Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011 Update 6
MS-MPI
2017
Visual Studio 2012 Update 5
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
MS-MPI 4.2, 5.0
2018
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
MS-MPI 5.0, 8.0
2019
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
MS-MPI 9.0.1
2020
Visual Studio 2017
Intel Visual Fortran 19.0.4
MS-MPI 9.0.1
2021
Visual Studio 2017
Intel Visual Fortran 19.0.5
MS-MPI 9.0.1
Windos only seems to allow 1 MS-MPI installation. MS-MPI 9.0.1 appears to work for Abaqus 2017+.
Abaqus version
C++ Compiler
Fortran Compiler
6.14
GCC 4.4.7
Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011 Update 6
2016
GCC
Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011 Update 6
2017
GCC
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
2018
GCC
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
2019
GCC
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0 update 1
2020
GCC >= 8.2
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0.1
2021
GCC >= 8.2
Intel Visual Fortran 16.0.1