Use this dialog to apply uniform loads to structure members.
- Access
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- Click
on the Member tab in the
Load Definition dialog.
- Click
By default, uniform loads acts along the longitudinal member axis.
- Values
- Specifies how the uniform load acts in the X, Y, and Z axes, and also the angle at which this load acts.
- Coord. system
- Specify whether the coordinate system should be global or local.
- Projected load
- Applies the load to the member's length projected on the plane that is normal to the load's direction.
- Load on eccentricity
- Opens the Load on Eccentricities dialog which allows you to define the distance of the uniform load from the longitudinal member axis. If this option is not selected, loads are defined along the longitudinal member axis.