Stress Results

The default results display for Cauchy stress shows stress along the X axis (XX). In the Plot Settings dialog, you can change the Component setting to display stress along the Y axis (YY), Z axis (ZZ), or shear stress along two axes (XY, YZ, or XZ).

You can also select Warp by displacement, set a Displacement scale greater than 1.00 to exaggerate the displacement, and change the display style to IsoSurface or Glyph.

The display of von Mises stress results is similar to that for Cauchy stress, but there are no Component options, and the display styles are limited to Mapped and IsoSurface.

In the display of Principal stress results, you can opt to display the Maximum, Intermediate, or Minimum range of values.

Display styles are limited to Mapped and IsoSurface. In the principal stress direction display, you can choose to display the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Principal. The default display style is Vector, but you can also choose Mapped, or IsoSurface.