Hi,
Rhino 8, Sofistik 2026-5.
Why doesn’t the component allow different load values to be entered for P1–P6?
At the moment, we can only model a constant load.
Hello Piotr,
The component currently only supports a constant load value. We’re aware of this limitation, and adding support for multiple values in the component would make the input setup a lot more complex, so it’s not something we’ve built yet.
However, if you need different values at specific points, you can edit the exported SOFiLOAD text directly by adjusting the P1 to P6 values for the points you care about. You don’t need to specify all of them either. SOFiLOAD interpolates any missing point values automatically, so giving only the corner values and leaving the rest blank works fine.
Another option is to split the load geometrically into a few separate area loads with different average values, though that gives a stepped result rather than a smooth interpolation.
Hope that works,
Dariusz