You can create any sequence of procedures that is allowed by ABAQUS/Standard or ABAQUS/Explicit; the procedure list in the Create Step dialog box is updated to show only the available procedures for the new step. For example, if your first step contains a static stress/displacement procedure, you cannot follow it with a new step containing a heat transfer procedure.
To create a step:
From the main menu bar, select Step
Create.
The Create Step dialog box appears.
Tip: You can initiate the Create procedure in two other ways:
Click Create in the Step Manager. (You can display the Step Manager by selecting StepManager from the main menu bar.)
Click the 
tool in the Step module toolbox.
If desired, use the Name text field to change the name of the new step.
All steps must have unique names, and you cannot name a step "Initial".
From the list of existing steps, select the step after which the new step will be inserted.
Click the arrow next to the Procedure type field, and select either General or Linear perturbation from the list that appears.
The lower half of the dialog box displays a list of available procedures.
Select the desired procedure and click Continue.
The Edit Step dialog box appears.
Use the Edit Step dialog box to modify the settings from their default values and to provide values for optional settings. (For detailed help on a particular editor feature, select HelpOn Context from the main menu bar and then click the feature of interest.)
Click OK.
ABAQUS/CAE closes the Edit Step dialog box, and the new step appears in the Step Manager.
