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Main Menu > Solution
Enter check
in the Input window and press Enter.
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Review the information in the /STATUS Command window. Close this window.
Click OK in Solve Current Load Step menu.
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ANSYS performs the solution and a yellow window should pop up saying "Solution is done!". Congratulations! Close the yellow window.
Verify that ANSYS has created a file called plate.rst in your working directory. This file contains the results of the (previous) solve.
Go to Step 8: Postprocess the results