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Create Varying Area Load

Creates a linearly varying area load (or body force) to be applied to the design element. Body forces for area elements are in units of force or moment per area. This body forcewill linearly vary between the start and end points based on the start and end factor.

Inputs

Name	ID	Description	Type
Local Coord	LocCS	Set to true to indicate that load is in the local coordinate system. Otherwise, load is assumed to be in the global coordinate system.	Boolean
Fx	Fx	Body force in the X-direction, in units of force / area (area elements).	Number
Fy	Fy	Body force in the Y-direction, in units of force / area (area elements).	Number
Fz	Fz	Body force in the Z-direction, in units of force / area (area elements).	Number
Mx	Mx	Body moment about the X-axis, in units of moment per area.	Number
My	My	Body moment about the Y-axis, in units of moment per area.	Number
Mz	Mz	Body moment about the Z-axis, in units of moment per area.	Number
T	T	Uniform temperature delta, in consistent units with alpha parameters	Number
Start Pt	SP	The start point for linear variation.	Point
End Pt	EP	The end point for linear variation.	Point
Start Fac	SF	The start factor for linear variation.	Number
End Fac	EF	The end factor for linear variation.	Number
Zero Beyond	ZB	Whether the load goes immediately to zero outside the bounds of the start and end points. If false, the start factor is used for any location below the start point while the end factor is used for any location above the end point. If true, the factor is set to zero for any location below the start point or above the end point.	Boolean

Outputs

Name	ID	Description	Type
Area Load	AL	Linearly varying design area load to apply to the design elements.	Generic Data