You can create assembled fasteners in the Interaction module after you have developed your template model. For more information, see “About fasteners,” Section 29.1.
To create assembled fasteners:
From the main menu bar in the Interaction module, select Special
FastenersCreate.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Create Fasteners dialog box.
Tip:
You can also create assembled fasteners using the 
tool in the Interaction module toolbox.
From the Create Fasteners dialog box that appears, select Assembled fasteners, and click Continue.
Select the set of attachment points (or reference points) in your main model that will have the template model's control point mapped onto them. Use one of the following methods:
Use an existing set to define the point or points. This method lets you easily select a large number of points using a predefined set of attachment points. On the right side of the prompt area, click Sets. Select an existing set of points from the Region Selection dialog box that appears, and click Continue.
Note: The default selection method is based on the selection method you most recently employed. To revert to the other method, click Select in Viewport or Sets on the right side of the prompt area.
Select one or more points in the viewport.
Tip:
The 
Select the Entity Closest to the Screen tool in the Selection toolbar is toggled off by default. If you make an ambiguous selection, Abaqus/CAE highlights the point and displays a description of the point in the lower left corner of the viewport. Use the Next and Previous buttons to cycle through the possible selections, and click OK to confirm your selection.
If the model contains a combination of orphan mesh instances and native geometric part instances, click one of the following from the prompt area:
Click Geometry if you want to select the points from a native geometric part instance or from one or more reference points.
Click Mesh if you want to select the points from an orphan mesh instance.
Click Done when you have finished selecting the attachment points.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Edit Fasteners dialog box.
Choose the template model to be used. The template model should contain the fastener-like construct you want to replicate in the main model. The template model must be contained in the current model database (.cae file), and the template model must contain one or more tie, coupling, or adjust points constraints that reference a named surface.
Choose the control point set from the template model. This set must include the control point of the fastener construct.
On the Surfaces, Orientations, and Properties tabbed pages, configure settings for the fasteners as described in the following procedures:
Click OK to create the assembled fasteners.
Small light green squares appear in the viewport to show you the locations of the assembled fasteners.
After your assembled fasteners have been created, you can use the Re-run tabbed page to re-run the property generation script; see “Re-running a property generation script,” Section 29.5.4.
