Creating Plastic Strain Magnitude Response Variables

You can create plastic strain response variables to measure the amount of plastic strain in a design space as the design changes in a study.

Before you begin: The design space must use material with a plastic material property definition.
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About Plastic Strain Magnitude Response Variables
Response Variables Manager
  1. From the Response Variables section of the action bar, click Plastic Strain Magnitude Response Variable .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select a design space.
  4. Select the Loading.

    You define the loading by selecting a step or load case that is used to compute the strain. The default is all load cases.

  5. Click OK.