Using reference points for force locations in a beam element analysis

Has anyone tried using  reference points in a beam only element analysis? I could not get it to work so I added a solid and bonded it to the some beam which enabled the selected direction option to appear. That did not seem to work in 2012 sp2  - could not pick the point. Anyone have any expereince with this in getting it to work. It worked in some training classes on a different model same release. Anybody got any ideas?

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