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Splitting Member Loads

When an analytical member is split by placing another member (physical or analytical) so that it intersects it somewhere, existing member loads on it are also split. The behavior is similar to when analytical members are split; while the physical member remains a single entity, the analytical member becomes two separate analytical members. The member load also becomes two separate member loads. The magnitudes are recalculated (1) for both at the inserted node (at the split location). Also in the resulting member loads retain the original From start (2) and From end (3) offset distances (distributed and partial loads).