# How to define a load on file.nam **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 19, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601 "2023-04-19T08:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Awareness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Awareness](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Awareness)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/1 "2023-04-19T08:13:06Z")
send steel abq names will write the node and element numbers included in ”steel”. This file could be used to define a set for material assignments, boundary conditions or loads. Name of the topic is what my problem is. ---
**Author:** ![mkraska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@mkraska](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/mkraska)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/2 "2023-04-19T19:31:57Z")
Include that file in your input file just like you include all.msh This makes the sets Esteel and Nsteel available. ---
**Author:** ![Awareness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Awareness](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Awareness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/3 "2023-04-20T04:15:19Z")
Well, I do not get it beam-nam.fbd valu Etyp he8 seto beam pnt p2 0 4 0 pnt p3 0 4 1000 line l1 p2 p3 seta se1 l l1 swep se1 sesw1 tra 20 0 0 seta sesw2 A001 swep sesw2 sesw3 tra 0 20 0 pnt p4 10 4 0 pnt p5 15 4 90 line l2 p4 p5 setc beam elty beam Etyp mesh beam send beam abq load.nam \*\* Names based on load \*ELSET,ELSET=Eload 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32, 45, 46, 47, 48, 61, 62, 63, 64, beam-nam.inp \*HEADING Model: CalculiX decomposed force experiment \*INCLUDE,INPUT=beam.msh \*INCLUDE,INPUT=load.nam \*MATERIAL,NAME=EL \*ELASTIC 2e6,0.3 \*SOLID SECTION,ELSET=Ebeam,MATERIAL=EL \*\*Homogeneous Conditions \*BOUNDARY \*INCLUDE,INPUT=fix\_123.bou \*STEP \*STATIC \*DLOAD Eload,P31,200000 #\<\<\<\< it is error I have no idea how to get over it. \*NODE FILE \*\* It adds to Datasets → 1 DISP U \*EL FILE \*\* It adds to Datasets → 2 STRESS S \*END STEP \*ERROR reading \*DLOAD. Card image: ELOAD,P31,200000 ---
**Author:** ![dichtstoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@dichtstoff](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/dichtstoff)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/4 "2023-04-20T04:48:31Z")
ELOAD,P3,200000 these is the way ```auto *NODE, NSET=Nbeam 1,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 2,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 3,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 4,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 5,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00 6,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00 7,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,1.000000000000e+00 8,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,1.000000000000e+00 9,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 10,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 11,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,2.000000000000e+00 12,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,2.000000000000e+00 13,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 14,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 15,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,3.000000000000e+00 16,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,3.000000000000e+00 17,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 18,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 19,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,4.000000000000e+00 20,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,4.000000000000e+00 21,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 22,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 23,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e+00 24,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e+00 25,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 26,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 27,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,6.000000000000e+00 28,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,6.000000000000e+00 29,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 30,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 31,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,7.000000000000e+00 32,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,7.000000000000e+00 33,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 34,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 35,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00,8.000000000000e+00 36,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,8.000000000000e+00 37,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 38,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 39,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 40,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 41,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 42,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 43,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 44,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 45,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 46,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 47,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 48,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 49,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 50,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 51,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 52,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 53,0.000000000000e+00,-5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 54,-5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 55,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 56,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 57,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,0.000000000000e+00 58,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,1.000000000000e+00 59,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 60,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,2.000000000000e+00 61,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 62,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,3.000000000000e+00 63,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 64,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,4.000000000000e+00 65,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 66,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,5.000000000000e+00 67,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 68,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,6.000000000000e+00 69,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 70,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,7.000000000000e+00 71,5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 72,5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00,8.000000000000e+00 73,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,0.000000000000e+00 74,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,1.000000000000e+00 75,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,2.000000000000e+00 76,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,3.000000000000e+00 77,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,4.000000000000e+00 78,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,5.000000000000e+00 79,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,6.000000000000e+00 80,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,7.000000000000e+00 81,5.000000000000e-01,-5.000000000000e-01,8.000000000000e+00 *ELEMENT, TYPE=C3D8, ELSET=Ebeam 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 2, 4, 3, 9, 10, 8, 7, 11, 12 3, 10, 9, 13, 14, 12, 11, 15, 16 4, 14, 13, 17, 18, 16, 15, 19, 20 5, 18, 17, 21, 22, 20, 19, 23, 24 6, 22, 21, 25, 26, 24, 23, 27, 28 7, 26, 25, 29, 30, 28, 27, 31, 32 8, 30, 29, 33, 34, 32, 31, 35, 36 9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 37, 38, 39, 40 10, 8, 7, 11, 12, 40, 39, 41, 42 11, 12, 11, 15, 16, 42, 41, 43, 44 12, 16, 15, 19, 20, 44, 43, 45, 46 13, 20, 19, 23, 24, 46, 45, 47, 48 14, 24, 23, 27, 28, 48, 47, 49, 50 15, 28, 27, 31, 32, 50, 49, 51, 52 16, 32, 31, 35, 36, 52, 51, 53, 54 17, 2, 55, 56, 3, 6, 57, 58, 7 18, 3, 56, 59, 9, 7, 58, 60, 11 19, 9, 59, 61, 13, 11, 60, 62, 15 20, 13, 61, 63, 17, 15, 62, 64, 19 21, 17, 63, 65, 21, 19, 64, 66, 23 22, 21, 65, 67, 25, 23, 66, 68, 27 23, 25, 67, 69, 29, 27, 68, 70, 31 24, 29, 69, 71, 33, 31, 70, 72, 35 25, 6, 57, 58, 7, 38, 73, 74, 39 26, 7, 58, 60, 11, 39, 74, 75, 41 27, 11, 60, 62, 15, 41, 75, 76, 43 28, 15, 62, 64, 19, 43, 76, 77, 45 29, 19, 64, 66, 23, 45, 77, 78, 47 30, 23, 66, 68, 27, 47, 78, 79, 49 31, 27, 68, 70, 31, 49, 79, 80, 51 32, 31, 70, 72, 35, 51, 80, 81, 53 *NSET,NSET=Nfix 1, 2, 5, 6, 37, 38, 55, 57, 73, *ELSET,ELSET=Eload 9, 10 ,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 25, 26 ,27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 *MATERIAL,NAME=EL *ELASTIC 2e6,0.3 *SOLID SECTION,ELSET=Ebeam,MATERIAL=EL *DENSITY 7.86E-9 *BOUNDARY Nfix,1,3,0 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD **Ebeam,GRAV,9810.,0.,0.,-1. Eload,P2,10 *NODE FILE U *EL FILE S *END STEP ``` maybe you should start more simple ---
**Author:** ![Awareness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Awareness](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Awareness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/5 "2023-04-20T05:16:39Z")
> [@dichtstoff](#): > > these is the way I just get it. I copy your inp and try it, works. > [@dichtstoff](#): > > maybe you should start more simple The example is not so elaborated. I experiment with file.nam to get used to ways to apply load to structure. I did the following plot f beam view elem qadd load mode:a 75 e:64 s:5 n= 95 100 125 120 79 e:64 s:2 n= 124 125 100 99 78 e:63 s:2 n= 123 124 99 98 95 e:64 s:4 n= 120 125 124 119 77 e:62 s:2 n= 122 123 98 97 94 e:63 s:4 n= 119 124 123 118 76 e:61 s:2 n= 121 122 97 96 93 e:62 s:4 n= 118 123 122 117 94 e:63 s:4 n= 119 124 123 118 60 e:45 s:2 n= 96 97 72 71 94 e:63 s:4 n= 119 124 123 118 95 e:64 s:4 n= 120 125 124 119 61 e:46 s:2 n= 97 98 73 72 75 e:64 s:5 n= 95 100 125 120 59 e:48 s:5 n= 70 75 100 95 62 e:47 s:2 n= 98 99 74 73 75 e:64 s:5 n= 95 100 125 120 59 e:48 s:5 n= 70 75 100 95 63 e:48 s:2 n= 99 100 75 74 39 e:32 s:5 n= 39 49 75 70 47 e:32 s:2 n= 74 75 49 47 45 e:31 s:2 n= 73 74 47 45 59 e:48 s:5 n= 70 75 100 95 43 e:30 s:2 n= 72 73 45 43 59 e:48 s:5 n= 70 75 100 95 41 e:29 s:2 n= 71 72 43 42 75 e:64 s:5 n= 95 100 125 120 40 e:13 s:2 n= 42 43 44 41 59 e:48 s:5 n= 70 75 100 95 39 e:32 s:5 n= 39 49 75 70 42 e:14 s:2 n= 43 45 46 44 39 e:32 s:5 n= 39 49 75 70 44 e:15 s:2 n= 45 47 48 46 38 e:16 s:5 n= 40 50 49 39 46 e:16 s:2 n= 47 49 50 48 done send load abq nam please wait for ‘ready’ write file: load.nam ready ready ---
**Author:** ![Awareness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Awareness](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Awareness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/6 "2023-04-20T05:37:05Z")
> [@dichtstoff](#): > > `Eload,P2,10` The load is applied to face number 2 of all elements belonging to set Eload where there is no face being numbered with 2 > [@dichtstoff](#): > > ```auto > *ELSET,ELSET=Eload > 9, 10 ,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 > 25, 26 ,27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 > > ``` How does it work? I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![dichtstoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@dichtstoff](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/dichtstoff)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/7 "2023-04-20T05:47:17Z")
plot fa all ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/calculix/original/2X/2/270842090109acf8ffbde46c09cf06a2e1ac557f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Awareness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Awareness](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Awareness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-to-define-a-load-on-file-nam/1601/8 "2023-04-20T05:57:25Z")
plot fa all ![Screenshot at 2023-04-20 12-52-13](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/calculix/original/2X/e/e6228d198acecce778a220ba51eda470533dbc49.png) why my visual numbering is different from yours? How to configure it to resemble it as on your image. > [@dichtstoff](#): > > Eload,P2,10 Do you mean P2 is the surface S2 as I get it from yellow marks on your image, is it right?