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Pressure

You can use the Pressure command to apply a pressure load uniformly and in any direction for polygon edges, polygon faces, curves, and elements, depending on the load type.

You can apply this type of pressure load To this geometry or FE entity
Normal Pressure on 2D Elements or 3D Element FacesNormal Pressure on 2D ElementsComponents****Normal on 2D Elements or 3D Elements (Abaqus) Polygon faceElement
On Beams****On 2D Solid Elements CurvePolygon edgeElement
**On 2D Solid Elements (Normal to Edge)**On Axisymmetric Elements (Normal to Edge) XY (Abaqus) Polygon edgeElement edge
Normal on Regions (Abaqus)On Axisymmetric Region (Normal to Edge) XY (Abaqus) Element facesElement edges (axisymmetric)

Where do I find it?

Application Pre/Post
Prerequisite A Simulation file as the work part and displayed part and an active solutionSimcenter Nastran, Abaqus, or ANSYS as the specified solver
Command Finder Pressure
Simulation Navigator Right-click Load ContainerNew Load Pressure
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