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