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STAAD.Pro Help

STAAD.Pro Help Getting Started What's New?Tutorials Modeling M. Navigating the Graphical View Window M. Creating Model Objects M. Properties and Specifications M. Supports M. Loading Your Model M. Available Structural Load Specifications in STAAD.Pro M. To create a new primary load case M. Load Items M. To add selfweight load M. To add a nodal load M. To add a support displacement M. Member Load Items M. Plate, Surface, Area, and Solid Load Items M. To calculate the structure frequency M. To add a hydrostatic load to objects M.Enclosed Zone Loads M. Wind Loads M. Seismic Loads M.Response Spectra M. Snow Loads M. Notional Loads M. Moving Loads M. Time History Loads M.Pushover Loads M. To use starting vectors with load-dependent Ritz vectors M. Load Combinations M. To add a repeat load case M. To create a reference load M. Damping Modeling M. Mass Modeling M. To create a load envelope M. To edit a previously assigned load M. Piping workflow M. Bridge Deck workflow M. Checking Your Model M. Physical Modeling workflow Analysis Design Postprocessing and Reports Data Files and Interoperability General Engineering Theory Technical Reference of STAAD Commands Ribbon Control Reference Verification Examples Application Examples OpenSTAAD

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Modeling
M. Loading Your Model
M. Load Items

M. Load Items

Individual load items are added to primary load cases.

M. To add selfweight load
To add the calculated weight of the structure objects as a load item, use the following procedure.
M. To add a nodal load
To add forces or moments that act a nodes, use the following procedure.
M. To add a support displacement
To add a support displacement to a supported node, use the following procedure.
M. Member Load Items
M. Plate, Surface, Area, and Solid Load Items
M. To calculate the structure frequency
To calculate the frequency of the structure for a load case, use the following procedure.
M. To add a hydrostatic load to objects
To assign a hydrostatic load to members or plate elements, use the following procedure.
M.Enclosed Zone Loads
An enclosed zone is a method to apply a perpendicular area load to supporting members.

Parent Topic: M. Loading Your Model

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G.15 Loads