# Step increment corresponding to load

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**Created:** [August 1, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/step-increment-corresponding-to-load/3592 "2026-08-01T13:59:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/step-increment-corresponding-to-load/3592/1 "2026-08-01T13:59:59Z")

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I have run a successful static step elastic-plastic analysis, with geometric non-linearities. There is only one load (pressure). Results provide 10 increments. Does each of these increments correspond to a different level of load? If so, is there a way to show the level of load corresponding to each increment?

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If your step time is the default 1 s then your increments are simple fractions of the load. For example, t=0.1 s corresponds to 10% of the load. You can’t display the load directly, but you can request history output of the reaction forces for the nodes with BCs. Then you will get their time variation.