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<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="../pics/mergenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="420px" height="507px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs4">
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name</B></span>
is the name of the mesh whose nodes will be merged.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span>
is a maximum distance between nodes sufficient for merging.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Detect</B></span>
button generates the list of coincident nodes for the given <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span>.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Coincident
nodes</B></span> is a list of groupes of nodes for merging. All nodes of each
group will form one after the operation. </p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove</B></span>
button deletes the selected group from the list.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add</B></span>
button adds to the list a group of nodes selected in the viewer with pressed
"Shift" key.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select
all</B></span> checkbox selects all groups.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Edit
selected group<span style="font-weight: normal;"> list</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows
editing the selected group:</span></p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/add.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="37px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs7"> adds
to the group the node selected in the viewer.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/remove.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="38px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs8"> removes
from the group the selected node.</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/sort.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="82px" height="27px" border="0" class="img_whs9"> moves
the selected node to the first position in the group. This means that
all other nodes will be merged into this one. </p></li>
</ul>
<p class="whs5"> </p>
<p class="whs5">To confirm your choice click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>
or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply</B></span> button.</p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/merging_nodes1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="341px" height="375px" border="0" class="img_whs10"> <img src="../pics/merging_nodes2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="347px" height="376px" border="0" class="img_whs11"></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../transforming_meshes.htm#bookmark3">Merge
Nodes</a> operation. </p>
<p> </p>
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