Loop in Abaqus

[argan85]

Hello,

I am sure this is a very frequently asked question, but I couldn't find anything about it in a search. Is there any way to write a loop in an Abaqus input file, similar to the *DO-loop used in ANSYS? Or do I have to write some kind of Python script to loop the file for me?

What I really want to do is just to create a loop in which I build several layers of nodes and elements. I am hoping there's some easy way to do this...