LOADING OPTIONS
The LOAD SET dialog window displays, see Figure 6.7.2.
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SHOW SPC ON
Toggles SPC (single point constraint) ON/OFF, see SPC OPTIONS.
1. CREATE FORCE on selected nodes.
Toggle FORCE on.
Select CREATE.
Enter load set number in the next dialog window.
Define node force or moment, see Figure 6.7.3.
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DOF
Degree of freedom, the meaning of these numbers is as follows:
1 - X (Force will be applied in X direction)
2 - Y (Force will be applied in Y direction)
3 - Z (Force will be applied in Z direction)
4 - RX (Moment will be applied about X direction)
5 - RY (Moment will be applied about Y direction)
6 - RZ (Moment will be applied about Z direction)
LOAD CURVE ID
Load curve describes motion value versus time, see Section CREATE CURVE UTILITIES/LOAD CURVE/CREATE CURVE.
SCALE FACTOR
Load curve scale factor.
Select OK in Figure 6.7.3 to select the nodes to load. See Figure 6.4.2 for selecting nodes.
Select CANCEL in Figure 6.7.3 to exit.
2. CREATE PRESSURE on selected elements.
Toggle PRESSURE on.
Select CREATE.
Enter load set number in the next dialog window.
Define element pressure see Figure 6.7.4.
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LOAD CURVE ID
See CREATE FORCE.
SCALE FACTOR
See CREATE FORCE.
BIRTH TIME
Time imposed motion/loading is active.
Select OK in Figure 6.7.4 to select element to load.
Select CANCEL in Figure 6.7.4 to exit.
The following three functions are used for both loading node force and element pressure.
DELETE
A DYNAFORM Question dialog window appears, see Figure 6.7.5.
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Select YES to delete the last selected load set.
Select NO to reject the choice.
DEFINE
Add more nodes or elements to a selected load set.
REMOVE
Remove some selected nodes/elements from a load set.