Parameters of plane load

The parameters of this load type are:

Name

Specifies the name of the load.

Direction

Selects the direction of the load. The load may act along one of the co-ordinate axes only (i.e. in the X-direction, Y-direction, or Z-direction).

System

The load may act either along an axis of the global-coordinate system or in the direction of a User co-ordinate axis.

q [kN/m2]

Specifies the intensity (size) of the area load. This load will be then recalculated onto selected 1D members.

Loaded beams

The area load, whose size is input in the field above, can act on all the 1D members located in the loading plane, or on only some of them (i.e. on the user-selected beams).