Load Step: DSLOAD

In the DSLOAD dialog, define the *DSLOAD card on Abaqus surfaces (*SURFACE).

To open the dialog in the Load Step window, select DSLOAD from the tree and a Load collector from the table.

You can use Abaqus Contact Manager to create Abaqus surfaces.

Load Step: DSLOAD: Define Tab

In the Define tab, define *DSLOAD card on Abaqus surfaces (*SURFACE).

There are two types of DSLOAD available: Pressure and hydro pressure.

It is recommended that you use only one type of DSLOAD per load collector in Engineering Solutions. If you need to use multiple types of DSLOAD in the same STEP, define each type in a separate load collector and add them to the same load step.

Note: There is no graphical display in Engineering Solutions for loads created on Abaqus SURFACEs. Therefore, when you review a load collector in the Step Manager, only loads created on individual entities are highlighted. For loads defined on SURFACE, the underlying SURFACE elements are highlighted.

This dialog also contains a table for data line input. The table changes depending on the DSLOAD type selected.

The table columns for each DSLOAD type are listed below:

Default (Pressure) type

Table 1.
Column	Description
Surface	The name of the Abaquss surface. Surfaces are added and deleted in this column using → or ←, respectively.
Label	The labels of pressure load. The available labels are P, PNU, and VP.
Magnitude	The magnitude of the load.

Hydro pressure type

Table 2.
Column	Description
Surface	The name of the Abaqus surface. Surfaces are added and deleted in this column using → or ←, respectively.
Label	The labels of the hydrostatic pressure. The available label is HP.
Magnitude	The magnitude of the load.
Zero press	Z-coordinate of zero pressure level in three-dimensional or axisymmetric cases; Y-coordinate of zero pressure level in two-dimensional cases.
Press point	Z-coordinate of the point at which the pressure is defined in three-dimensional or axisymmetric cases; Y-coordinate of the point at which the pressure is defined in two-dimensional cases.

The DSLOAD option has the following buttons:

Table 3.
Button	Action
Review Surfaces	Reviews the selected surface by highlighting them in the Engineering Solutions graphics. Right-click Review to clear the review selections.
Create/Edit Surface..	Opens a message with information about surface definition in Engineering Solutions.
→	Add the selected surface from the drop-down menu to the data line table on the right.
←	Delete the selected surface from the data line table.
Review	Reviews the selected surface in the data line table. Right-click Review to clear the highlighted selections.
Update	Updates the Engineering Solutions database with the data lines defined in the table. By default, Engineering Solutions does not create a display for loads defined with sets.

For tips on entering information and navigating in the Define tab, see Step Manager Tab Environment.

Load Step: DSLOAD: Delete Tab

In the Delete tab, delete *DSLOAD and other loads.

There are three deletion options:

Table 4.
Option	Description
All loads in current collector	The Delete button deletes all the loads from the current load collector.
All 'DSLOAD' in current collector	The Delete button deletes only *DSLOAD loads from the current load collector.
By selection	The Pick Loads button opens the Engineering Solutions load selector panel. Pick the loads you want to delete and click proceed. The corresponding Reset button resets the selected loads. The Delete button deletes the selected loads.

Load Step: DSLOAD: Parameter Tab

In the Parameter tab, define optional parameters for the *DSLOAD card.

The supported parameters include: Amplitude, OP, Load Case, Cyclic Mode and Region Type.

Click Update to activate the optional parameter selection in the Engineering Solutions database.