3 \page building_compounds_page Building Compounds
5 \n Compound Mesh is a combination of several meshes.
7 <em>To Build a compound:</em>
10 From the \b Mesh menu select <b>Build Compound</b> or click <em>"Build
11 Compound Mesh"</em> button in the toolbar.
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14 <center><em>"Build Compound Mesh" button</em></center>
17 The following dialog box will appear:
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23 <li>\b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound.</li>
24 <li>\b Meshes - allows selecting the meshes which will be
25 concatenated. They can be chosen in the Object Browser while holding
27 <li><b>Processing identical groups</b> - allows selecting the method
28 of processing the namesake existing on the united meshes.
29 \n They can be either</li>
31 <li>\b United - all elements of Group1 on Mesh_1 and Group1 on Mesh_2
32 become the elements of Group1 on the Compound_Mesh, or</li>
33 <li>\b Renamed - Group1 on Mesh_1 becomes Group1_1 and Group1 on Mesh_2
34 becomes Group1_2. See \ref grouping_elements_page "Creating Groups"
35 for more information about groups.</li>
37 <li>You can simply unite meshes or choose to <b>Merge coincident nodes
38 and elements</b>, in which case it is possible to define the \b Tolerance
39 for this operation.</li>
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