Create Fatigue Responses

Use the fatigue tool to create damage and life responses for selected elements.

Restriction: Fatigue responses are only supported for the OptiStruct profile.
  1. From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Fatigue tool.
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  2. From the guide bar, select Damage or Life.
  3. In the modeling window, select elements.
  4. Optional: In the microdialog, select Objective or Constraint to simultaneously create one.
    Note: You can continue to define the constraint in the microdialog.
  5. Make any desired modifications to the created response in the microdialog.
  6. Click on the guide bar to create the response.