The dimension exchange method (DEM) was initially proposed as a 
load-balancing algorithm for the hypercube structure.
It has been generalized to {\em k}-ary {\em n}-cubes.
However, the {\em k}-ary {\em n}-cube algorithm must take many iterations to 
converge to a balanced state.
In this paper, we propose a direct method to modify DEM.
The new algorithm, {\em Direct Dimension Exchange (DDE)} method,
takes load average in every dimension to eliminate 
unnecessary load exchange.
It balances the load directly without iteratively exchanging the load.
It is able to balance the load more accurately and much faster.