From the main menu bar, select .
A Create Section dialog box appears.
Enter a section name. For more information on naming objects, see Using basic dialog box components.
Select Solid as the section Category and Homogeneous as the section Type, and click Continue.
The solid section editor appears.
Select a material for the solid section. If desired, click to create a material; see Creating or editing a material, for more information.
Enter a value for the section Plane stress/strain thickness. If the section will be used with a two-dimensional region, you must specify the section thickness. Abaqus/CAE ignores the thickness information if it is not needed for the region type.
Click OK to save your changes and to close the solid section editor.