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### Gravity distributed loading

Gravity loading is selected by the *DLOAD card, together with the GRAV label. It is characterized by a vector representing the acceleration. It applies to ALL elements in the structure. The material density is required. The parameter OP=NEW on the *DLOAD card removes all previous distributed loads. It only takes effect for the first *DLOAD card in a step. A buckling step always removes all previous loads.