Pressure can be applied to surfaces or shell elements. When writing out to an output file, the pressure will be applied to the shell elements or the attached faces of the solid element, depending on what solver is chosen and the type of pressure. The direction the pressure is applied is based on the surface normals of the shell elements, or is applied into the volume for volume mesh. A circle symbol will be displayed on a surface to indicate application of pressure, as shown in the figure below.