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\page merging_elements_page Merging Elements
\n This functionality allows to merge coincident elements of a mesh
selectable in the dialog box.
\image html mergeelems.png
<ul>
<li>\b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.</li>
<li>\b Tolerance is a maximum distance between elements sufficient for
merging.
<ul>
<li>\b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given
\b Tolerance.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>Coincident elements</b> is a list of groupes of elements for
merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
<ul>
<li>\b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.</li>
<li>\b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
viewer with pressed "Shift" key.</li>
<li><b>Select all</b> checkbox selects all groups.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>Edit selected group</b> list allows editing the selected
group:
<br><br>
\image html add.gif
<center>adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.</center>
<br>
\image html remove.gif
<center>removes from the group the selected element.</center>
<br>
\image html sort.gif
<center>moves the selected element to the first position in the
group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
one.</center><br>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>To confirm your choice click \b OK or \b Apply button.</li>
</ol>
In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the
elements of the mesh. After we apply <b>Merge Elements</b> functionality, the
triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
\image html meshtrianglemergeelem1.png
<br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
\ref tui_merging_elements "Merge Elements" operation.
*/