In the case of a Linear analysis, for the distributed load to be
applied to your model, you must assign a Pressure multiplier in
the Multipliers tab of the Analysis Parameters dialog box. The
product of the Magnitude and the Pressure multiplier updates the
magnitude of the distributed load. In the case of a Nonlinear
analysis, a load curve controls the magnitude of the distributed
load during the event duration. You specify the load curve
number within the Creating Beam Distributed Load Object dialog
box. If you select one or more beam elements using the Selection
Select Lines command and right-click in the display area, you
can select the Add pull-out menu and select the Beam Distributed
Loads command to add a distributed load to each beam element. If
the magnitude and direction of the load is constant across the
length of each selected beam, specify the magnitude of the load
per unit of length in the Magnitude field and the of the load in
the Direction section. If the magnitude or direction of the load
vari