Nodal Body Forces Table

• Function

Enter or modify Nodal Body Force at specific nodes in a spreadsheet format table.

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• Call

From the Main Menu select Load > Load Tables > Nodal Body Forces.

Select Structure Tables > Static Loads > Nodal Body Forces in the Tables tab of the Tree Menu.

• Entry

  (Refer to "Nodal Body Forces" )

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

Load Case: Select unit load cases

Node: Node numbers

FX: Concentrated load component in GCS X-direction

FY: Concentrated load component in GCS Y-direction

FZ: Concentrated load component in GCS Z-direction

Note

Body Force Factor entered at each node is displayed in this table.