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yourTo meshobtain isthe fairlyvertical fine,loading andon you are looking for vertical loading on a slab, you can trya [slab|kb:Shell] element which is modeled using a fairly fine [mesh|kb:Meshing], users may implement the following as a workaroundprocess:

* For each loading patch, or set of patches thatwhich act together, select Define > Joint Pattern to define a [joint|kb:Joint Pattern: Define > Joint Pattern] pattern, as shown in Figure 1:

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{center-text}Figure 1 - Name joint patterns{center-text}

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* Select the joints thatwhich are contained inwithin the patch or patches. Next, andselect Assign > Joint Pattern, andthen assign a constant “D” value equal to a dimensionless scale factor _D_, such as 1.0. This process is shown in Figure 2:

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{center-text}Figure 2 - Pattern data{center-text}

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* Select the slab elements, then andselect Assign > Area Loads > Surface Pressure, andto assign the pressure to the top face ((force/area) such that it acts downward) on inthe pressuretop units (force/area) inface, according to the appropriate [load pattern|kb:Load Pattern (V11 Load Case):

 pattern]. This menu is shown in Figure 3:

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{center-text}Figure 3 - Area surface pressure load{center-text}

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* The pressure acting on each element will be interpolated from the valuesproduct ofbetween the joint -pattern, multipliedvalues byand the givenpressure valueassigned, ofwhich pressureis (5.0 kN/m in thethis above example). If only one element joint in an element has a nonzeronon-zero pressure, a quarter of the load will be applied. TheLoad pressure loadis multipliesmultiplied by theelement tributary area of the elements, so such that youusers doneed not have tomanually calculate nodal forces.
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