The procedure for modeling and running a co-simulation in Abaqus/CAE involves the following general steps:
Create the models in a single model database.
Optionally, link part instances between models and exclude the linked instances from the analyses.
Optionally, ensure matching nodes at the interface regions.
In each model, create a co-simulation interaction to specify the interface region and coupling schemes.
Create a co-execution to identify the two models involved and specify the job parameters for each analysis.
Submit the co-execution to perform the co-simulation.
View the results of the co-simulation using overlay plots.