Assessing the Safety of the Design

The Factor of Safety wizard helps you assess the safety of your design.

  1. In the Simulation study tree, right-click the Results folder and select Define Factor of Safety Plot.
    The Factor of Safety PropertyManager appears.
  2. In the PropertyManager, under Step 1 of 3, select Max von Mises Stress in Criterion criterion.png.
  3. Click Next .
  4. Under Step 2 of 3, select Yield strength.
  5. Click Next .
  6. Under Step 3 of 3, select Factor of safety distribution.
  7. Click PM_OK.gif.