How do I apply a line load to a wall panel when the load is not applied at the floor level?
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How do I apply a line load to a wall panel when the load is not applied at the floor level. The Line load command is greyed out in the 3D Structure view?Answer
A wall panel is a panel item and therefore to apply load to it, you need to use the Load ribbon > Panel Loads group.Panel loads will be greyed out unless you are in a 2D view i.e. a Plan, Frame or Sloped view.
To apply say a Load ribbon tab > Panel Loads group > Line Load to a wall item you need to open a Frame view as the screenshot below.
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- Set the Load case you wish to apply the load in.
- Invoke the command from the Panel loads group - in this case the Line load command
- Set the properties in the Properties window
- Pick a reference node that the line load to be referenced from.
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Move the cursor to the approximate location of the start of the line load.
Press F2 to allow you to edit the values displayed in the Offset X and Offset Y input boxes.
You can use the Tab key to toggle between the input boxes.
Press Enter to confirm the values.
If you have made a mistake you can right click to go back one step in the process.
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Move the cursor to the approximate location of the end of the line load.
You can use the Tab key to toggle between the Offset X and Offset Y input boxes.
Input the values as required to specify the end position of the line load and press Enter to confirm the values.
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The line load is then applied and visible within the wall using the Select Entity at the cursor position.
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