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77 <h1>Merging nodes</h1>
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79 <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
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80 nodes with desirable tolerance, edit these groups and merge.</p>
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84 <p class=TODO>To merge nodes of your mesh:</p>
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86 <p class=TODO> </p>
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88 <p class="whs2">1. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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89 </B></span>choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Transformation </B></span>and
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91 sub-menu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge nodes </B></span>item.
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92 The following dialog box shall appear:</p>
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98 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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100 <p class="whs2">This dialog box allows to create groups of
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101 coincident nodes and to merge them. </p>
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113 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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114 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../transforming_meshes.htm#bookmark3">Merge
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115 Nodes</a> operation. </p>
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