Create Loads From Free-Body Sections

Create Displacement/Rotation Loads

Create an Include file where free-body displacements and rotations are properly realized as loads (enforced displacements) for the selected sections and selected loadcases in the model.

  1. From the Post ribbon, select the FBD Manager tool from the Plot group.
    Figure 1.


    The guide bar is displayed.
  2. From the guide bar, click to display the options. Define the Tolerance to limit load creation if magnitude is below the tolerance.
  3. From the guide bar's drop-down menu, select Create loads.
  4. Select free-body sections.
  5. Select loadcases to consider.
  6. From the microdialog, click Imposed disp .
  7. Select enforced displacement DOFs to consider and click Create .

Create Force and Moment Loads

Create an Include file where free-body forces and moments are properly realized as loads for the selected sections and loadcases in the model.

  1. From the Post ribbon, select the FBD Manager tool from the Plot group.
    Figure 2.


    The guide bar is displayed.
  2. From the guide bar, click to display the options. Define the Tolerance.
  3. From the guide bar's drop-down menu, select Create loads.
  4. Select free-body sections.
  5. Select loadcases to consider.
  6. From the Force contributions drop-down menu, select Free body forces/moments or Grid point forces/moments.
  7. If Grid point forces/moments is selected, select relevant contributions to take into account.
  8. From the microdialog, click Force and moment .
  9. Select enforced displacement DOFs to consider and click Create .