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Summary of steps in the above video:

1. Under the tree, highlight Solution
2. Select Deformation > Total Deformation
3. Solve

{latex} {\bf $\sigma_x$}{latex}

Sigma_x Contours

We next take a look at

{latex} $\sigma_x${latex}

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Summary of steps in the above video:

1. Under the tree, highlight Solution
2. Select Stress > Normal Stress
3. Check that it is in the X direction and rename to sigma_x
4. Solve

You can save an image of the contours to a file using the instructions below.

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Below, we take a closer look at the

{latex} $\sigma_x${latex}

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Summary of steps in the above video:

1. Next to Probe, click on Max and Min to enable the location of highest and lowest normal stress in the x direction

We interrogate

{latex} $\sigma_x${latex}

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{latex} ${\bf \sigma_x}${latex}

Sigma_x along a Line using "Path" Operations

First, we create two coordinate systems which we'll use to define the start and end points of the line.

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Last, we extract

{latex} $\sigma_x${latex}

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