In the Loads toolbar, click Force
.
The Force dialog box appears.
Optional: In
the Name box, modify the name of the load.
Select the geometrical support.
Symbols representing the force are displayed on the
selected support to visualize the force density field.
Optional: By default, the vector components are
defined relative to the fixed global
axis system (fixed global rectangular coordinate system). To choose a different axis system, select User
in the Type list, and select a user axis system in the
specification tree.
The name of the user axis system is
displayed automatically in the Current axis box,
and the components of the resultant force are defined
relative to the specified rectangular axis system.
Optional: Select the
Display locally check box to display the selected axis
system locally on the geometry.
Enter values for the X, Y, and Z components of the
vector.
The norm is computed and displayed automatically in the
Norm box. Upon
modification of any of these four values, the resultant
force vector components and magnitude are updated based on
the last data entry. The resultant force vector remains
constant independently of the geometry selection.The
visualized symbols orientation is also updated to reflect
the modification.
Click OK.
The force is created, and Force.1 appears in the specification tree both under
the excitation library and under the current scenario.