Questions on using IVF 11.1 with Visual Studio 2008

[usanthosh1]

To work with ABAQUS software the requirement is to haveIntel Visual Fortran Version 10.1 or higher andMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Professional, Express, or Team System Edition (with C++ component installed). Operating System is Win 7.

1. Does the MS Visual Studio Shell that is included with IVF 11.1 include C++ component installed? Or has C++ to be purchased separately?

2. Is IVF integrated with the MS Visual Studio shell so that Fortran projects can be opened, edited, compiled and debugged within the MS Visual Studio environment without additionaly purchasing C++ (which I had to do to use IVF 9.1 with Visual Studio 2003)?

Thanks,

Santhosh

[Steven_L_Intel1]

1. It includes the C++ libraries and tools necessary for building a Fortran application. It does not include the Microsoft C++ compiler nor any components used by C++ and not Fortran. You don't need to buy anything else if you are going to be using Fortran only. I believe that ABAQUS should work fine in this environment.

2. Yes. Nothing else to buy. As of version 10.0, we started including the necessary Microsoft bits.