3 \page merging_elements_page Merging Elements
5 \n This functionality allows to merge coincident elements of a mesh
6 selectable in the dialog box.
8 \image html mergeelems_ico.png "Merge elements button"
11 <li>Choose in the main menu \b Modification -> \b Transformation -> <b>Merge elements</b> item. The following dialog box
14 \image html mergeelems_auto.png
17 <li>\b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.</li>
18 <li>\b Automatic or \b Manual Mode allows choosing how the elements
22 <li><b>Automatic mode:</b>
24 <li>In the \b Automatic Mode the elements created on the same nodes will be merged.</li>
28 <li>If the \b Manual Mode is selected, additional controls are
31 \image html mergeelems.png
34 <li>\b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.</li>
35 <li><b>Coincident elements</b> is a list of groups of elements for
36 merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
38 <li>\b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.</li>
39 <li>\b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
40 viewer with pressed "Shift" key.</li>
41 <li><b>Select all</b> checkbox selects all groups.</li>
43 <li><b>Edit selected group</b> list allows editing the selected group:
46 <center>adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.</center>
48 \image html remove.png
49 <center>removes from the group the selected element.</center>
52 <center>moves the selected element to the first position in the
53 group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
57 <li>To confirm your choice click \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button.</li>
61 In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the
62 elements of the mesh. After we apply <b>Merge Elements</b> functionality, the
63 triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
65 \image html meshtrianglemergeelem1.png
67 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
68 \ref tui_merging_elements "Merge Elements" operation.