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Start by hovering over the area far from the hole. The stress is about 1e6 psi, which is the value we would expect for a plate in uniaxial tension. If you click the max tag (located adjacent to the probe tool in the menu bar), it will locate and display the maximum stress, which is shown as 3.0335e6 psi. This is about a 0.0055% difference from the calculation we did in the Pre-Analysis, which is a negligible difference.

Sigma-x along the edge

The stress can be found along the left edge of the model. Remember, this is a quarter model, hence the left edge of the model is actually the center line of the full plate. In the Outline tree, insert Construction Geometry as shown in the following figure:

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