https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/106581/wrong-moment-distribution-in-beamCan anyone help with this hugely frustrating and yet extremely simple problem in Staad?! This beam is pinned supported and subjected to a single point load of 608 kN at 0.556 x span = 2.78m. The point load is added using the concentrated member loaden-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/321980?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:06:40 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1386831b-4640-4e34-a6e9-019b62a2cce8Seth GuthrieYou&#39;ll find other posts on the same topic, for example this one: <a href="https://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/p/24578/56217#56217">communities.bentley.com/.../56217</a> <br /> In a nutshell, the program reports values at equidistant points along the length of the beam, and for point loads at other locations to work out to the theoretically exact result, a node at the point load location is the most exact solution.<div style="clear:both;"></div>