>Staad beava finds the influence surfaces
>for predefined decks and roadways.
>then for a particular output
>say max bm at the
>centre, it finds the critical
>load position. you are supposed
>to define the desired output.

I converted each trackedwheel of the IRC AA military tank to two rows, each 8 pointed loads. That is, for the two tracked wheels, 4 sets of 8 point loads each, together giving 32 point loads. I was wondering what would be different (or rather what I would gain) if I get to use beava. Doesn't beava convert it some equivalent 'lumped' point loads, as I've done?

>The loads are applied as
>area loads. The point load
>is converted into area loads
>spread over the contact surface.
>

I know STAAD.Pro distributes the wheel (point) loads by a kind of 2 way distribution, ie, distributing only to longer sides of the panels. And that too, ending up as point loads applied on the longer side beams. Does beava handle differently?

Thanks, thanks again.