{"id":18052,"date":"2025-09-18T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/docs\/12build\/getting-started\/continuous-beam\/introduction-of-loads\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:16:03","slug":"introduction-of-loads","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/docs\/12build\/getting-started-with-12-build\/continuous-beam\/introduction-of-loads\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction of loads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1\u20222\u2022Build you can define point and uniformly distributed loads. To make this possible, you must first make sure that the icon field loads<\/code> within the palette active by clicking on it. Note that below loads<\/code>, dead load<\/code> is indicated. All loads you define, will be considered dead loads and automatically taken into account with appropriate safety factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now select the node 3 using the previously described manner (you might need to set the node numbers visible using the icon \"\" from the toolbar button). The icon \"\" opens the following dialog allowing you to define a vertical load of 10kN. Confirm it with \u2018OK\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This vertical load point can also be defined using the \u2018descent of loads\u2019 function, (NOT available in the demo version). Select the entire span between the nodes 1 and 2 using a selection window (from top left to bottom right). With the icon \"\" apply a distributed load of 18kN\/m over the selected span:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Again, you can use the \u2018descent of loads\u2019 function to define this load. You now have the following permanent loads defined on the continuous beam:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Did you make a mistake when entering the loads? Don\u2019t panic, select the point or the span for which you want to correct the load. With the DELETE<\/kbd> key on your keyboard, you can remove the corresponding loads, to then give the correct definition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we indicate which live loads is acting on the beam. Just click with the left mouse button on the arrow in the field dead load<\/code>, which pull out the following list:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Move the mouse to \u2018live loads\u2019, and select it by pressing the left mouse button. Now select the entire beam and define a uniformly distributed load of 10kN\/m:<\/p>\n\n\n

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There you go. Dead and live loads are defined, while the self-weight of the beam is automatically calculated based on the cross-section dimensions. Based on these loads, 1\u20222\u2022Build will generate all the combinations according to the Eurocodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":17598,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18052"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30145,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18052\/revisions\/30145"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/17598"}],"next":[{"title":"Design of a steel beam","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/docs\/12build\/getting-started-with-12-build\/continuous-beam\/design-of-a-steel-beam\/","href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18053"}],"prev":[{"title":"Defining supports","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/docs\/12build\/getting-started-with-12-build\/continuous-beam\/defining-supports\/","href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}