Brick Attributes: Point Force
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Description
Assigns point forces to selected faces of brick elements using three orthogonal components and a coordinate system.
The force is positioned using either the selected coordinate system and coordinates, or using the local u-v system on each brick face.
Point force attributes are load case dependent.
Dialog
Force X / Y / Z
Three orthogonal components of force vector.
ID
Assigns an ID to the attribute.
By using different IDs, multiple forces can be applied to the same element for the same load case.
IDs are positive integers between 1 and 192.
Position
The position of the force.
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Local u / v
Position of the force in the face's local u-v axes. The validity range of u and v depends on the shape of the element. See Brick Elements: Local Axes.
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UCS X / Y / Z
Position of the force in the selected coordinate system. The force is not applied if the position does not lie on any of the selected brick faces. Therefore, generally, only one brick face (or none) will be assigned the force attribute when using this position option.
Apply multiple loads
Opens the Brick Point Force dialog to define multiple point forces at once in a spreadsheet format. See Attribute Apply Multiple Point Loads.
Coordinate System
The coordinate system (UCS) in which the components of the force and its position are defined.
The UCS is used only to define the global Cartesian components of the force. Subsequent changes to the UCS do not affect the direction or magnitude of the force.
Common Controls
- Components
- Equation Editor
- Retrieve from model
- Keep selection
- Free edges / Free faces
- Scale / Add / Delete / Apply
Units
Force (e.g., N, lb).
See Also