Assessing the Safety of the Design The Factor of Safety wizard helps you assess the safety of your design. In the Simulation study tree, right-click the Results folder and select Define Factor of Safety Plot. The Factor of Safety PropertyManager appears. In the PropertyManager, under Step 1 of 3, select Max von Mises Stress in Criterion . Click Next . Under Step 2 of 3, select Yield strength. Click Next . Under Step 3 of 3, select Factor of safety distribution. Click . Parent topicStatic (Stress) Analysis of a Part Previous topic Viewing Equivalent Element Strains Next topic Plotting the Critical Regions of the Part