Strain Gage dialog box

Type
Type	Specifies the type of strain gage to create.Uni-Axial — Single strain gage leg for measuring stress or strain in a single direction (the direction in which the strain gage is oriented).Bi-Axial — Two strain gage legs (arranged perpendicular to each other) for measuring principal stresses or strains in two directions.0–45–90 Rosette — Three strain gage legs arranged in 0, 45, and 90 degree angles for determining principal stresses and strains.0–60–120 Rosette — Three strain gage legs arranged in 0, 60, and 120 degree angles for determining principal stresses and strains.
Result	Specifies the type of results the strain gage evaluates (Strain or Stress).
Name
Name	A descriptive name for the strain gage.
Description	A longer description of the strain gage.
Placement
Placement	Specifies the method to place the strain gage on the model.Node — Lets you place the strain gage by selecting a node.Element Face Center — Lets you place the strain gage by selecting an element.
Location	Choose Top or Bottom to determine where on the shell element to place the strain gage. This location is required even if you define the strain gage on a node because the software needs to know which stress or strain value to use at the node point.
Select Node /Select Object	Lets you select the node or element locations for the strain gage.
Stacked Smart Selector Methods	Opens the Smart Selector Methods dialog box where you can specify a progression of smart selection filters.For more information, see Smart Selector Methods dialog box.
Node Labels	Available when Placement is set to Node.Lets you add node locations to the selection by node label.Use a space or comma to separate your entries.Use a colon or a dash to add a range of node labels.For example, enter 1:10 or 1-10 to add all the node labels from 1 to 10.Use colons to add an incremented range of node labels.For example, enter:1:9:2 to add node labels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.1:10:2 to add node labels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10.10:1:-2 to add node labels 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1.Press enter or click Select to add your entries.To edit your selection, click Edit Node Selection .
Orientation
Orientation method	Determines the local gage plane and local X-axis direction in which to orient the gage.Face Plane — Lets the software determine the plane for the strain gage automatically. For nodal locations, the software creates the plane normal to the Z direction at the node location. For elemental locations, the software places the plane at the average plane of the element face.CSYS — Lets you define the gage plane orientation using the standard coordinate system definition tools. See CSYS dialog box for more information.
Rotation Angle	Appears when the orientation method is Face Plane.Rotates the gage plane about the local Z-axis (the normal). After entering the number of degrees to rotate the gage plane, you can click in another area of the dialog box to update the preview of the gage plane orientation in the graphics window.

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