<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Merging nodes</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="generator" content="RoboHelp by eHelp Corporation www.ehelp.com"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='../default.css'>");} //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- img_whs1 { border-style:none; border:none; width:30px; height:30px; float:none; } p.whs2 { margin-left:40px; } img_whs3 { border-style:none; border:none; width:258px; height:450px; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whtopic.js"></script> </head> <body><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("MESH module\nModifying meshes\nTransforming meshes\nMerging nodes"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("../smesh.htm"); autoSync(1); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else if (window.gbIE4) document.location.reload(); //--> </script> <h1>Merging nodes</h1> <p><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"> This functionality allows user to detect groups of coincident nodes with desirable tolerance, edit these groups and merge.</p> <p> </p> <p class=TODO>To merge nodes of your mesh:</p> <p class=TODO> </p> <p class="whs2">1. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification </B></span>choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Transformation </B></span>and from its sub-menu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge nodes </B></span>item. The following dialog box shall appear:</p> <p> </p> <p class="whs2"><img src="../image53.jpg" width="258px" height="450px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p> <p class="whs2"> </p> <p class="whs2">This dialog box allows to create groups of coincident nodes and to merge them. </p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(0); //--> </script> </body> </html>