What application is it for? One way to do it is to use "Composite Layup" if you are using Abaqus 6.7 or higher. which will let you choose the sections and fiber orientation.

A second way is to do individual ply layer as shell elements, specifically shell composite sections, each layer then being cohesively attached to form a ply stack. This approach allows delamination between individual plies to be modeled as you can set the surface interaction conditions, to do it you may have to create a coordinate system CSys, 

http://www.simulia.com/services/training/VisualTips/10007/CompositesLayups.html

use sections to define the lay-up with certain thickness and orientation of your composite pattern.