diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/tui_creating_meshes.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/tui_creating_meshes.doc
index f174e863f..9048afef1 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/tui_creating_meshes.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/tui_creating_meshes.doc
@@ -181,4 +181,11 @@ demonstrating the resulting mesh.
 
 \image html mesh_cylinder_hexa.png
 
+<br>
+\anchor tui_building_compound
+<h2>Building a compound of meshes</h2>
+\dontinclude SMESH_BuildCompound.py
+\skipline import geompy
+\until #end
+
 */
diff --git a/src/SMESH_SWIG/Makefile.am b/src/SMESH_SWIG/Makefile.am
index b31be80b4..94f11f9b6 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_SWIG/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/SMESH_SWIG/Makefile.am
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ dist_salomescript_DATA= \
 	SMESH_Nut.py \
 	SMESH_GroupLyingOnGeom.py \
 	SMESH_AdvancedEditor.py \
+	SMESH_BuildCompound.py \
 	PAL_MESH_041_mesh.py \
 	PAL_MESH_043_2D.py \
 	PAL_MESH_043_3D.py \
diff --git a/src/SMESH_SWIG/SMESH_BuildCompound.py b/src/SMESH_SWIG/SMESH_BuildCompound.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27341db18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SMESH_SWIG/SMESH_BuildCompound.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#  Copyright (C) 2003  CEA
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License.
+#
+#  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+#
+#  See http://www.salome-platform.org/ or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.com
+#
+#
+#
+#  File   : SMESH_BuildCompound.py
+#  Author : Alexander KOVALEV
+#  Module : SMESH
+#  $Header$
+
+# ! Please, if you edit this example file, update also
+# ! SMESH_SRC/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/tui_creating_meshes.doc
+# ! as some sequences of symbols from this example are used during
+# ! documentation generation to identify certain places of this file
+
+import geompy
+import smesh
+
+## create a bottom box
+Box_inf = geompy.MakeBox(0., 0., 0., 200., 200., 50.)
+
+# get a top face
+Psup1=geompy.MakeVertex(100., 100., 50.)
+Fsup1=geompy.GetFaceNearPoint(Box_inf, Psup1)
+# get a bottom face
+Pinf1=geompy.MakeVertex(100., 100., 0.)
+Finf1=geompy.GetFaceNearPoint(Box_inf, Pinf1)
+
+## create a top box
+Box_sup = geompy.MakeBox(100., 100., 50., 200., 200., 100.)
+
+# get a top face
+Psup2=geompy.MakeVertex(150., 150., 100.)
+Fsup2=geompy.GetFaceNearPoint(Box_sup, Psup2)
+# get a bottom face
+Pinf2=geompy.MakeVertex(150., 150., 50.)
+Finf2=geompy.GetFaceNearPoint(Box_sup, Pinf2)
+
+## Publish in the study
+geompy.addToStudy(Box_inf, "Box_inf")
+geompy.addToStudyInFather(Box_inf, Fsup1, "Fsup")
+geompy.addToStudyInFather(Box_inf, Finf1, "Finf")
+
+geompy.addToStudy(Box_sup, "Box_sup")
+geompy.addToStudyInFather(Box_sup, Fsup2, "Fsup")
+geompy.addToStudyInFather(Box_sup, Finf2, "Finf")
+
+## create a bottom mesh
+Mesh_inf = smesh.Mesh(Box_inf, "Mesh_inf")
+algo1D_1=Mesh_inf.Segment()
+algo1D_1.NumberOfSegments(10)
+algo2D_1=Mesh_inf.Quadrangle()
+algo3D_1=Mesh_inf.Hexahedron()
+Mesh_inf.Compute()
+
+# create a group on the top face
+Gsup1=Mesh_inf.Group(Fsup1, "Sup")
+# create a group on the bottom face
+Ginf1=Mesh_inf.Group(Finf1, "Inf")
+
+## create a top mesh
+Mesh_sup = smesh.Mesh(Box_sup, "Mesh_sup")
+algo1D_2=Mesh_sup.Segment()
+algo1D_2.NumberOfSegments(5)
+algo2D_2=Mesh_sup.Quadrangle()
+algo3D_2=Mesh_sup.Hexahedron()
+Mesh_sup.Compute()
+
+# create a group on the top face
+Gsup2=Mesh_sup.Group(Fsup2, "Sup")
+# create a group on the bottom face
+Ginf2=Mesh_sup.Group(Finf2, "Inf")
+
+## create compounds
+# create a compound of two meshes with renaming groups with the same names and
+# merging of elements with the given tolerance
+Compound1 = smesh.smesh.Concatenate([Mesh_inf.GetMesh(), Mesh_sup.GetMesh()], 0, 1, 1e-05)
+smesh.SetName(Compound1, 'Compound_with_RenamedGrps_and_MergeElems')
+# create a compound of two meshes with uniting groups with the same names and
+# creating groups of all elements
+Compound2 = smesh.smesh.ConcatenateWithGroups([Mesh_inf.GetMesh(), Mesh_sup.GetMesh()], 1, 0, 1e-05)
+smesh.SetName(Compound2, 'Compound_with_UniteGrps_and_GrpsOfAllElems')
+#end