{"id":254002,"date":"2022-04-21T02:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T02:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/changing-force-direction\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T10:42:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T10:42:54","slug":"changing-force-direction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/changing-force-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing force direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"attachment\">\n<span class=\"info\"> &#x1F6C8;<\/span><br \/>\n<b>This post originally contained file attachments which have been removed in compliance with the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/legal\/terms-and-conditions\">Ansys Learning Forum Terms &#038; Conditions<\/a><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/discovery\/2022\/04\/OK-746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"561\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243906\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Due to the shape of my model, I can only seem to apply forces in the Y and X direction. How can I input a force in the Z direction? So far, I only found the option to change the remote point of force application and not the direction. Attached is the model I used. Thanks for your help! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-254002","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-structures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["278315"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2646"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["254002"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["202","278315"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["258551"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["258551"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-04-21 23:51:56"]},"test":"fbaa21bath-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/254002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/254002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}