BDF-Resident Load Cases

BDF-resident load cases (TLOAD and DLOAD cards in the MSC Nastran language) for the nonlinear flexible body are means to employ distributed loads on the flexible body which would otherwise be inconvenient to create in Adams. If the BDF imported as part of the flexible body creation step contains either of these types of distributed loads, then they can be activated here for use in the Adams simulation. Currently only the TLOAD and DLOAD card ID numbers are exposed in the dialog. So, for an understanding of what the loads represent exactly, manual exploration of the BDF and/or discussion with the BDF author is required.

For more details about TLOAD and DLOAD entries and how to select them see the dialog box help accessible by pressing the F1 key from anywhere within the dialog.