8.  Extrude the meshed area into a meshed volume.

In this step, the 3-D volume is generated by first changing the element type to SOLID45, which is defined as element type 2, and then extruding the area into a volume.

1. Main Menu:  Preprocessor
        -Modeling-Operate
             Extrude/Sweep
                  Elem Ext Opt
2. Choose 2 (SOLID45) for Element type number  -»
3. Enter 10 for the No. of element divisions  -»
4. OK  -»
5. Main Menu:  Preprocessor
        -Modeling-Operate
             Extrude/Sweep
                  -Areas-By XYZ Offset
6. Pick All (in picking menu)
7. Enter 0,0,10 for Offsets for extrusion in the Z direction  -»
8. OK  -»
9. Close  -»

Using SOLID45 to run this problem in ANSYS/ED will produce this warning message.   If ANSYS/ED is not being used, then SOLID95 (20-node brick) can be used as element type 2.   Using PLANE82 and SOLID95 produces a warning message about shape warning limits for 10 out of 127 elements in the volume.

10. Utility Menu:  PlotCtrls
         Pan, Zoom, Rotate
11. Choose ISO  -»
12. Close  -»

13. Toolbar: SAVE_DB