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  88 <h1>Merging nodes</h1>\r
  89 \r
  90 <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 \r
  91  nodes with desirable tolerance, edit these groups and merge.</p>\r
  92 \r
  93 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
  94 \r
  95 <p class=TODO>To merge nodes of your mesh:</p>\r
  96 \r
  97 <p class=TODO>&nbsp;</p>\r
  98 \r
  99 <p class="whs2">1. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification \r
 100  </B></span>choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Transformation </B></span>and \r
 101  &nbsp;from its \r
 102  sub-menu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge nodes </B></span>item. \r
 103  The following dialog box shall appear:</p>\r
 104 \r
 105 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 106 \r
 107 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/mergenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="420px" height="507px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>\r
 108 \r
 109 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>\r
 110 \r
 111 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">\r
 112         \r
 113         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name</B></span> \r
 114  is the name of the mesh whose nodes will be merged.</p></li>\r
 115         \r
 116         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span> \r
 117  is a maximum distance between nodes sufficient for merging.</p></li>\r
 118         \r
 119         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Detect</B></span> \r
 120  button generates the list of coincident nodes for the given <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span>.</p></li>\r
 121         \r
 122         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Coincident \r
 123  nodes</B></span> is a list of groupes of nodes for merging. All nodes of each \r
 124  group will form one after the operation. </p></li>\r
 125         \r
 126         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove</B></span> \r
 127  button deletes the selected group from the list.</p></li>\r
 128         \r
 129         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add</B></span> \r
 130  button adds to the list a group of nodes selected in the viewer with pressed \r
 131  &quot;Shift&quot; key.</p></li>\r
 132         \r
 133         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select \r
 134  all</B></span> checkbox selects all groups.</p></li>\r
 135         \r
 136         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Edit \r
 137  selected group<span style="font-weight: normal;"> list</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows \r
 138  editing the selected group:</span></p></li>\r
 139         \r
 140         <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 \r
 141  to the group the node selected in the viewer.</p></li>\r
 142         \r
 143         <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 \r
 144  from the group the selected node.</p></li>\r
 145         \r
 146         <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 \r
 147  the selected node to the first position in the group. This means that \r
 148  all other nodes will be merged into this one. </p></li>\r
 149 </ul>\r
 150 \r
 151 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 152 \r
 153 <p class="whs5">To confirm your choice click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span> \r
 154  or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply</B></span> button.</p>\r
 155 \r
 156 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>\r
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 158 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/merging_nodes1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="341px" height="375px" border="0" class="img_whs10"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="../pics/merging_nodes2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="347px" height="376px" border="0" class="img_whs11"></p>\r
 159 \r
 160 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>\r
 161 \r
 162 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>\r
 163 \r
 164 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See \r
 165  Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../transforming_meshes.htm#bookmark3">Merge \r
 166  Nodes</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
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