This step initiates the solution process. The solution could be carried out on your local machine or on a remote machine such as a powerful server you might have access to.

Since nonlinear or transient solutions can take significant time to complete, a status bar is provided that indicates the overall progress of solution. More detailed information on solution status can be obtained from the Solution Information object which is automatically inserted under the Solution folder for all analyses.

You can use the Remote Solve Manager (RSM) to perform solutions on a remote machine. Once the solution is completed the results will be brought back to the local machine for postprocessing. Refer to the Solve Process Capabilities section for more details.

The overall solution progress is indicated by a status bar. In addition you can use the Solution Information object which is inserted automatically under the Solution folder. This object allows you to i) view the actual output from the solver, ii) graphically monitor items such as convergence criteria for nonlinear problems and iii) diagnose possible reasons for convergence difficulties by plotting Newton-Raphson residuals. Additionally you can also monitor some result items such as displacement or temperature at a vertex or contact region’s behavior as the solution progresses.

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See the Solving Overview section for details on the above and other topics related to solving.