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Load Case > New/Modify/Copy

Definition of a new Load Case and definition or modification of the related basic information data.

SettingDescription
Name Name of the Load Case. The results of this Load Case will be available for any further processing under this name.
Duration type
SettingDescription
Permanent (P) Permanent load (considered for creep & shrikage calculation and in non-linear construction stage calculations with the "Accumulate permanent" option)
Non-permanent (NP) Load case not considered for C&S and "Accumulate permanent load"
Load Manag. Assignment of a load case category, specified at Load Definition > Load Management , for automatic superposition of the load case result. No automatic superposition is performed if no category is assigned.
Const-Fac Multiplication factor for the directly defined loads of the load case (without Load Sets).
Note: Any assigned Load Sets have their own multiplication factors!
Var-Fac Variable factor for the directly defined loads of the load case (without Load Sets) This factor is used in dynamic time history calculations. The name of the Variable (expression, table) representing the time diagram of the loading, is entered. (total factor in dynamic analyses = Const-Fac + Var-Fac ! )
Note: The function Var-Fac describes the time dependency of the  deviation of the load from a constant level. Const-Fac has to be set to 0.0,  if the time dependency of the actual loading should be specified!
Option: Directly defined loading can be increased This option relates to the load increase in the actions Buckle and Failure, if the option "Only Variable load sets" is there selected. The directly defined loading is in this context considered as an individual load set, which will not be increased, if the option "Directly defined loading can be increased" is not selected
Description Descriptive text of the load case