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  3. According to the documentation, you can change the Design Life under Tools > Options. However, the change isn’t taking effect after running a prior simulation, even after getting out and back into Workbench and solving again. The updated value shows up in Tools > Options, but the value used in the Fatigue results is still the default 1e9. How do you get that change to take effect?

According to the documentation, you can change the Design Life under Tools > Options. However, the change isn’t taking effect after running a prior simulation, even after getting out and back into Workbench and solving again. The updated value shows up in Tools > Options, but the value used in the Fatigue results is still the default 1e9. How do you get that change to take effect?

Tagged: 17, fatigue, materials, structural-mechanics, workbench platform
    • April 13, 2023 at 7:33 am
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