{"id":348643,"date":"2024-02-02T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/348643\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:42:13","slug":"348643","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/348643\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Finding the Sum of Nodal Forces in Workbench!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello Avnish,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the &#8220;User Defined Results&#8221; for FSUM, the values are not the ones for the sum of applied load, but the &#8220;Force Reaction Probe for the Boundary Condition does match.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is benefit of&nbsp; Output Controls of Yes, for &#8220;Nodal Forces&#8221;?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NX Pre\/Psot has a tool for &#8220;Mechanical Load Summary&#8221; as shown below.&nbsp; It gives the Total Load Applied. I am looking for the same way to find out the total forces (Nodal) in ANSYS Workbench.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/02-02-2024-1706895713-MechanicalLoadSummaryNX.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-348643","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello Avnish,For the &quot;User Defined Results&quot; for FSUM, the values are not the ones for the sum of applied load, but the &quot;Force Reaction Probe for the Boundary Condition does match.What is benefit of Output Controls of Yes, for &quot;Nodal Forces&quot;?The NX Pre\/Psot has a tool for &quot;Mechanical Load Summary&quot; as shown below. 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