To create a profile you must choose a profile shape and then enter all of the data necessary to define the profile in the profile editor.
To create a new profile:
From the main menu bar, select Profile
Create.
A Create Profile dialog box appears.
Tip:
You can also click Create in the Profile Manager or select the create profile tool 
in the Property module toolbox.
Enter a profile name of your choice. For more information on naming objects, see “Using basic dialog box components,” Section 3.2.1.
Select a profile shape, and click Continue.
The profile editor for the profile shape you have chosen appears.
In the profile editor, enter the required profile data.
For detailed information about each profile type, see “Beam cross-section library,” Section 23.3.9 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, for shape-based profiles, and “Using a general beam section to define the section behavior,” Section 23.3.7 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, for generalized profiles.
Click OK to save the profile.
