...

General assumptions

Distributed ground displacements can be assigned to any pipe or frame object with distributed supports.

(1) Distributed ground displacement loads will get applied only to distributed supports and will not impose any load on discrete supports that may be connected to the pipe to which distributed ground displacement loads are applied. If the user wishes to apply matching point displacement load to discrete support, such load would need to be applied separately. This may be offered as an option in the future.

...