Add Point Loads with or without a Host

Place a point load along structural elements in an analytical view.

1. Open a structural plan level - analytical view with a framing plan model similar to the one shown.
   Note: Place loads in the analytical view of a structural plan level.
2. Click Analyze tabAnalytical Model panel (Loads).
3. Click Modify | Place Loads tabLoads panel (Point Load).
4. On the Properties palette, select a value for Load Case.
5. For the Orient to parameter, select Project or Work Plane.
6. Place point loads as appropriate in your model, such as at the center of a beam.
   

Place a hosted point load at end points of beams, braces, and columns

1. Click Analyze tabAnalytical Model panel (Loads).
2. Click Modify | Place Loads tabLoads panel (Hosted Point Load).
3. On the Properties palette, select a value for Load Case.
4. For the Orient to parameter, select Project or Host Local Coordinate System.
5. Place hosted point loads on appropriate end points in your model.