Bending Moment

Applies the bending moment to the selected beam.

Bending moment is applied in the plane parallel to the beam axis. It works in beam coordinate system only.

Access:

Ribbon: Frame Analysis tab Loads panel Bending Moment

Origin	The command is active when the dialog box is displayed. Select the beam on which to apply the bending moment. When you specify the origin, the other options in the dialog box are available.
Magnitude	Specifies the magnitude of the bending moment.
Offset	Specify the offset of the applied moment.
Angle of Plane	Specify rotation of XY plane where moment is acting.
OK	Create the load and close the dialog box.
Cancel	Close the dialog box without creating the load.
Apply	Create the load and keep the dialog box open. Click to create multiple loads.
(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
Coordinate System	Bending moment acts only in local coordinate system of selected beam.
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. You cannot set the value when you select a node as the origin.