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                        15. Extrude the meshed area into a meshed volume:

                                  Preprocessor -> Modeling -> Operate ->
                                       Extrude -> Elem Ext Opts ->
                               In the dialog box, [TYPE] Element type number:
                                           click on 2 SOLID45
                                in the drop-down menu, then enter [VAL1] No.
                                         Element divs = 10 -> OK






























                             Preprocessor -> Modeling -> Operate -> Extrude ->
                                   Areas -> By XYZ Offset -> Pick All ->
                             In the dialog box, enter DX = 0, DY = 0, DZ = 1 -> OK
                                          Neglect warning; close.
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