Define a force or moment load using components

The Components type lets you define a force or moment load in terms of a global or local coordinate system. For example, if you choose a local Cartesian coordinate system, you can enter magnitude for each of the X, Y, and Z components.

1. Choose Home tab→Loads and Conditions group→Force or Home tab→Loads and Conditions group→Moment .

2. In the Force or Moment dialog box, select Components from the Type list.

3. In the Model Objects group, click Select Object and select the geometry or FE entity to which the force or moment will be applied.

4. In the Direction group, select the coordinate system to use to define the load.

5. (Optional) If you set Coordinate System to a local type, in the Local list, specify the coordinate system. For more information, see CSYS dialog box.

6. In the Components group, define the force magnitude by entering a constant value or by using an expression or field.For more information, see Expressions. For more information, see Using fields and expressions to define boundary conditions.

7. (Optional) In the Distribution group, select the method for distributing the force or moment over the geometry or FE entities:Select Total Per Object to apply the magnitude to each selected item. Select Geometric Distribution to distribute the total force or moment over all the selected items based on the area. All the nodes on the selected items then get a fraction of the force or moment based on the area of the associated elements. Select Spatial to use a unitless field to map the force or moment to the nodes. For more information, see Using fields and expressions to define boundary conditions.

8. (Optional) For Abaqus analyses, in the Follower Force Option group, select the Follower check box to specify that the direction of the force should rotate with the node to which you apply it.

9. Click OK.The load is applied to the model.

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