whats does "$eleTag2" in "eleLoad -range" command mean?

[ismailqeshta]

Hi,

I want to double-check if anyone has ever used the eleLoad for point load.

Regarding the "$eleTage2", I found that if we are applying the point load within the same element, then it should be the same tag as "$eleTag1". I get error message if I ignore the "eleTag2", in the command line.

In summary, my question is that what does $eleTage2 refer to in the following command?
eleLoad -range $eleTag1 $eleTag2 -type -beamPoint $Py $Pz $xL <$Px>

Thank you.

[Jhno]

It mean you can apply this command to multiple element.
So if you have three element, that you defined previously, and want to use the command, you simply go ele 1 ele2 ele 3 instead of typing the whole command over for each element.

[ismailqeshta]

Hi Jhno,

Thanks for your reply.

How about if I only have one element?

[fmk]

don't be dense .. don't use the range option!

[ismailqeshta]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for your answer.

I need to use it to apply point loads on the same model. Are there other options to apply point loads other than nodal loads?

I am already using eleLoad -range. I have tested it and it provided acceptable results. I only had to write "$eleTag1" twice for the single element in order to avoid the message error.