Beam Loads Table

Enter or modify beam loads such as distributed or concentrated loads in a spreadsheet format table.

Table Tool in MIDAS/Gen is powerful and contains a large variety of built-in functions. Refer to the following items for detail directions:

BM LD Type: Beam load type automatically displayed according to the way in which the data were entered (Beam Load, Floor Load, Use Temporary, Prestress, Moving Load, Live Load, Typical Load)

Usage of Table Tool

Terminology

Familiarize with Usage

Basic directions (Cell motion, selection, size control, etc.)

Data manipulation (Add, delete, modify data, etc.)

Copy/Paste data using clipboard

Supplementary Table functions

Table Sorting

Table format setting

Auto-fit column width

Graph printing

Supplementary functions by Table types

Node/Element Table

Results Table

From the Main Menu select Load > Load Tables > Beam Loads.

Select Structure Tables > Static Loads > Element Beam Loads in the Tables tab of the Tree Menu.

Shortcut key: [Ctrl]+[Shift]+M

(Refer to "Element Beam Loads")

Refer to Usage of Table Tool and enter or modify the following data:

Element: Element numbers

BM LD Type: Beam load type automatically displayed according to the way in which the data were entered

(Beam Load, Floor Load, Line Load, Typical Load)

LoadCase: Select the unit load case of a beam load

LoadType: Select the application type of a beam load

Ecc.: Displays whether or not eccentricity was inputted

Ecc. Dir.: Direction of eccentricity

Use J: Displays if eccentricity was used at node

Dist-I(m): Eccentricity distance from node

Dist-J(m): Eccentricity distance from node

Direction: Select the loading direction of a beam load

Projection: Select whether or not the beam load is to be projected

D1 ~ D4: Loading positions of the beam load (4)

P1 ~ P4: Load values at the loading positions D1 ~ D4

Unit: Units for the beam loads (automatic display)

Dx: GCS X-component of the beam load due to floor loads entered in a particular direction (automatic display)

Dy: GCS Y-component of the beam load due to floor loads entered in a particular direction (automatic display)

Dz: GCS Z-component of the beam load due to floor loads entered in a particular direction (automatic display)

Group: Name of Load Group

Note
When the floor loads are applied in the local plane coordinate system and converted into beam loads, the directions of the beam loads and the floor loads coincide. The loading directions of the converted beam loads are expressed by the component vectors relative to each GCS direction.