Force

The user can set the forces acting on entity of dimensions 0D, 1D and 2D. It is possible both to create new forces and to change previously created. To do this, you need to do the following:

On the Command Bar, select Mode - Boundary Conditions.
Select Force.
Depending on the situation, choose Action - Create or Action - Modify.
Using graphical user interface elements set the identifier (ID) or name of a set of boundary conditions, specify entity to which force is applied, and its direction, as well as enter the amount of force.
Click Apply.

The corresponding commands entered in the command prompt window look like this:

create force [ID] [name <'name'>] [{add | on} {nodeset | surface | curve | vertex | face | tri | edge | node} <entity_list>] [force value <val>] [moment value <val>] [direction {specifying_direction}]

create force [ID] [name <'name'>] [{add | on} {nodeset | surface | curve | vertex | face | tri | edge | node} <entity_list>] [vector <val> <val> <val> <val> <val> <val>]

modify force {ID_list | 'name' | all} [name <'name'>] [{add | remove} {nodeset | surface | curve | vertex | face | tri | edge | node} <entity_list>] [force value <val>] [moment value <val>] [direction {specifying_direction}]

modify force {ID_list | 'name' | all} [name <'name'>] [{add | remove} {nodeset | surface | curve | vertex | face | tri | edge | node} <entity_list>] [vector <val> <val> <val> <val> <val> <val>]

The direction of force can be specified in the ways described in the subsection Setting the direction. Using the keywords force and moment allows you to define the components of force and moment separately. If the keyword vector is used, then the first three values entered are the components of the force, and the last three - moments. If force and moment are created simultaneously and their guide the vector is the same, then the direction can be set once. In the case, when the guiding vectors are different, you should first create one element load, for example, force, and then add another element - moment.