Terms of Use

Welcome to the SIMULIA website. The following terms and conditions control your use of this website. By accessing, using or downloading materials from this website, you agree to follow and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, please do not use this website.

Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp. (SIMULIA) is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes and was formerly named ABAQUS, Inc.

On this website SIMULIA provides access to a variety of resources, including product descriptions and documentation, licensing information. For licensees of SIMULIA software products, including the Abaqus suite of finite element analysis software products, this website is also a portal to technical support, software, and discussion groups.

In these Terms of Use an "SIMULIA Licensee" is a person who is authorized to use software from SIMULIA under the terms of a software license agreement between SIMULIA (or another Dassault Systèmes company) and the business, government or academic entity with which such person is associated.

USE OF WEBSITE MATERIALS

General: You may view, download, print, and copy materials from this website on condition that:

Use of such materials, including downloadable software is for your informational and non-commercial or personal use. If you are an SIMULIA Licensee, materials may be distributed and used with SIMULIA software products within your licensed business, government or academic entity as permitted by the software license agreement between SIMULIA (or another Dassault Systèmes company) and your business, governmental or academic entity. Some materials available from this website or through links to other sites may be accompanied by special or third-party license terms that impose different or additional restrictions.
You may not modify materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, distribute or otherwise use the materials for any public or commercial purpose.
You must retain, on all copies of materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials.
You may not use, download, export or re-export any material at this website in violation of applicable laws and regulations, including United States export laws and regulations.

Requests to use materials from this website other than as permitted by these Terms of Use should be sent to: info@simulia.com.

This website and materials available on this website are protected by copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual property rights laws and treaty provisions whether or not a copyright or other notice appears on the materials.

ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING SOFTWARE, ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED.

IN NO EVENT SHALL DASSAULT SYSTEMES, SIMULIA OR ITS THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION) EVEN IF DASSAULT SYSTEMES OR SIMULIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: DASSAULT SYSTEMES AND SIMULIA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING OR DOWNLOADING THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE.

YOU AGREE TO HOLD DASSAULT SYSTEMES AND SIMULIA HARMLESS FROM, AND YOU AGREE NOT TO SUE DASSAULT SYSTEMES OR SIMULIA FOR, ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of this website, you agree not to use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use this website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any server, or the network(s) connected to any server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of this website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of this website, any materials, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any SIMULIA server.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE SIMULIA WEBSITE.
SIMULIA does not claim ownership of any materials you provide to SIMULIA (including feedback and suggestions) or that you post, upload, input, or submit to this website for review or use by SIMULIA or other users of this website (each a "Submission"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission, you are granting SIMULIA, its affiliated companies and sublicensees permission to use your Submission, including, without limitation, the perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission. SIMULIA is under no obligation to post or use any Submission, and SIMULIA may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.

By posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission, including, without limitation, (i) all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, or submit the Submission and to license SIMULIA as provided in these Terms and (ii) all requisite authority from, or to act for, your employer if you prepared your submission in the course of your commercial employment. In addition, you warrant and represent that you have waived all "moral rights" that might adversely affect the grant of the foregoing rights and license.

LOCAL LAWS; EXPORT CONTROL
You may not access, use, download, or export any materials contained on this website in violation of the U.S. export laws or regulations or in violation of any local laws or regulations.

SIMULIA operates this website from its headquarters in the United States and makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this website from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws including, but not limited to, the export and import regulations of other countries. The countries subject to restriction by action of the United States Government are subject to change, and it is your responsibility to comply with the United States Government requirements as they may be amended from time to time and to obtain licenses to export or re-export as may be required. You shall indemnify, defend and hold SIMULIA harmless for any breach of your obligations pursuant to this paragraph.

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT DISCLAIMER
SIMULIA has not independently authenticated materials provided by third-party providers in whole or in part. SIMULIA does not provide, sell, license or lease any of the materials other than those specifically identified as being provided by SIMULIA. SIMULIA makes no warranty or representation with respect to any third-party materials.

THIRD PARTY LINKS
LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER SIMULIA's CONTROL, AND SIMULIA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN ANY LINKED SITE. The inclusion of a "link" to another site does not constitute an endorsement by SIMULIA of the linked site or its sponsor, and SIMULIA does not purport to grant any rights in respect of the linked site or any materials on the linked site.

U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
The SIMULIA software and its documentation, as well as other software and documentation available from this website, are “commercial items,” specifically “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” and, consistent with the policies in FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202, as applicable, are provided to the United States of America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities with restricted rights in accordance with license terms.