The following types of loading are available in Abaqus for CATIA V5 for structural analysis:

Creating Pressure Loads: Applies a pressure load to a geometry selection.

Creating Point Loads: Applies a point load to a geometry selection.

Creating Distributed Loads: Applies a distributed load to a geometry selection.

Creating Load Densities: Applies a load density to a geometry selection.

Creating Gravity Loads: Applies a gravity load to a geometry selection.

Creating Rotational Body Force Loads: Applies a rotational body force load to a geometry selection.

Importing Loads: Imports a load definition from GPS into an analysis.

Creating Frequency Loading: Applies a frequency load in a steady-state dynamic step.

You apply environmental actions, such as loads, to supports (geometrical features) on your model. The supports that are available include points/vertices, curves/edges, surfaces/faces, or volumes/parts. In addition, point, line, or surface groups are also valid supports. You can either select the support and then set the load specifications or set the load specifications and then select the support. Table 9–2 summarizes the supports to which each type of load can be applied.

Table 9–2 Supports for loads.

Load	Point, Vertex, or Point Group	Curve, Edge, or Line Group	Surface, Face, or Surface Group	Volume or Part	Other Supports
Pressure					GPS Pressure
Point					Rigid Body Constraint, GPS Virtual Part, and rigid or smooth couplings
Distributed
Load Density		*
Gravity					Mesh Parts
Rotational Body Force					Mesh Parts
Frequency Loading					Virtual parts
* Load density can be applied to curve groups and line groups but not to edge groups.