Create Stress and Strain Responses

Use the Stress/Strain tool to create stress and strain responses for selected elements or properties.

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Stress/Strain tool.

     
     
     Figure 1.

   • Click the Stress/Strain tool satellite icon . In the Responses dialog, click .
2. Use the drop-down menu on the left side of the guide bar to select the response type.
3. Click the guide bar selector and choose whether to create the response using Elements or Properties.
4. Select one or more entities.
   Selecting the first entity will create a response and add it to the Design Explorer Browser.
5. Optional: Make any desired modifications to the created response in the microdialog.