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This dialog can be accessed from the “Model > Model tools > Create nodal mass > From grid loads” menu command.

This dialog can be accessed from the Model > Model tools > Create nodal mass > From loads menu command.

For each element there is an element axis that is used both to establish the element stiffness relative to the structure as a whole and to establish the direction of element loading as well as element analysis results

Mass in the structure is represented by the mass of the structural elements and mass properties applied to nodes. Weight is the effect of gravity on this mass. Mass is the key aspect for dynamic analysis while weight is key for static loads.