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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_ico.png "Merge elements button"

<ol>
<li>From the \b Modification choose \b Transformation and  from its
sub-menu select the <b>Merge elements</b> item. The following dialog box
shall appear:</li>

\image html mergeelems_auto.png
<br>
<ul>
<li>\b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.</li>
<li>\b Automatic Mode or \b Manual Mode is to switch the dialog
controls type.
</ul>

<li><b>Automatic mode:</b>
<ul>
<li>In \b Automatic Mode the elements that were created on the same nodes will be merged.</li>
</ul>
</li>

<li>If the \b Manual Mode is selected there are additional controls to 
manage the elements to be merged in more detail:

\image html mergeelems.png
<br>
<ul>
<li>\b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.</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.png
<center>adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.</center>
<br>
\image html remove.png
<center>removes from the group the selected element.</center>
<br>
\image html sort.png
<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>
<li>To confirm your choice click \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button.</li>
</ul>
</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.

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