The MSC Sinda for Patran Temperature load is always a nodal load type, even if the load is initially applied on geometry like points, curves, surfaces or solids. Ultimately, the temperature load will be applied on nodes inside the Patran models. For Temperature loads, the Load/BC Set Scalar Factor is ignored. Note that this factor is also ignored for the Initial temperature load. This temperature load also supported FEM Dependent Data, as previously described for the initial temperature load.

The Time Function data box and Periodic option are only available in time dependent cases. With no time function specified, the Periodic option (including Period and Phase) is disabled. The time function must be a tabular input array. The period does not have to match the full time interval of the whole time array. If the period is smaller than the time interval, the rest of the array will be ignored. If the period is larger than the time interval, the nearest data in the time array will be used. If the time array does not start from 0.0, the value from 0.0 to the first time data will be the first value data. The Phase must be between 0.0 to 1.0, and expresses the percentage of the period to apply as a phase displacement offset.