Moment

Applies the general moment to the selected beam.

You can select node or beam as the origin for general moment. It represents a nodal moment [Mx,My,Mz] at specific position in the structure.

Moment is applied around the beam axis in the specified plane. By default, the plane where moment is applied is perpendicular to the beam axis.

Access:

Ribbon: Frame Analysis tab Loads panel Moment

Origin	The command is active when the dialog box is displayed. Select either node or beam on which to apply the moment.
Direction	Moment is applied around the beam axis in the specified plane. The Flip load direction command inverts the direction of the selected vector.
Magnitude	Specify the moment magnitude.
Offset	Specify the offset of the moment. You cannot set the value when you select a node as the origin.
Angle of Plane	Specify rotation of XY plane where moment is acting.
Angle in Plane	Define the angle of the applied moment from the Z axis.
OK	Create the moment and close the dialog box.
Cancel	Close the dialog box without creating the moment.
Apply	Create the moment and keep the dialog box open. Click when you want to create multiple moments.
(More)	Expands the dialog box to reveal additional controls for specifying the moment vector.
Vector components	Enables vector controls so that you can define more explicitly the moment load vector. Specify the magnitude for the appropriate vector components for: Vector components M x = X component M y = Y component M z = Z component
Coordinate System	Specify the coordinate system where the moment is acting. This selection is available only if you select the beam as origin reference.
Offset	Select if the offset value is entered as relative, or absolute. The relative distance means factor of absolute distance from the beam beginning. The value can be from 0 to 1. For example, if you have a 3-inch long beam and you set relative distance to 0.5 ul, the absolute origin distance is computed to 1.5 inch. This selection is available only if you select the beam as origin reference.