Nodal Body Force – MIDAS Support

1. Description

This component operates the Nodal Body Force function in Civil NX.
Convert Nodal Mass, Load to Mass and Structure Mass assigned to a selected node to a nodal (body) force in a specific direction. The scale factor (Mass × g × Factor) can be applied in each direction. This is useful to apply load according to the mass distribution to each node in the pushover analysis.

The Nodal Body Force function can be found in the Civil NX main menu,select [Load] tab > [Static Loads(Type)] group > [Nodal Body Force]

2. Grasshopper Path

[Midas] > [Static Loads] > [Nodal Body Force]

3. Component Image

4. Input/Output Value

Input Data

Index	Name	Description	Type	Default	Previous Component
1	Key	Key ID	Integer	-	-
2	LCNAME	Load Case Name	String	-	-
3-1	KEY_NODE _ITEMS *	Node No. List	Integer	-	-
3-2	GROUP _NAME **	Group Name List	String	-	-
4	X,Y,Z	Nodal Body Force Factor(X,Y,Z)	Real	-	-
5	Structure Group Option	Structure Group Option	Select	False	-
6	Nodal Mass	Converted Option for Nodal Mass	Select	False	-
7	Load to Mass	Converted Option for Load to Mass	Select	False	-
8	Structure Mass	Converted Option for Structure Mass	Select	False	-

Activation Condition
* Only for if Structure Group Option is false

** Only for if Structure Group Option is true

Output Data

Index	Command	Description	Type	Method	Next Component
1	NBOF	Create Nodal Body Force	Json	PUT/DELETE	-

5. Reference API Manual Link

Nodal Body Force