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><b>Create common groups for initial meshes</b> checkbox permits to
38 automatically create groups of all elements of the same type
39 (nodes, edges, faces and volumes) for the resulting mesh from the
41 of the initial meshes.
43 <li>You can simply unite meshes or choose to <b>Merge coincident nodes
44 and elements</b>, in which case it is possible to define the \b Tolerance
45 for this operation.</li>
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