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.
9 \image html mergeelems_ico.png "Merge elements button"
12 \image html mergeelems.png
15 <li>\b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.</li>
16 <li>\b Tolerance is a maximum distance between elements sufficient for merging.
18 <li>\b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.</li>
20 <li><b>Coincident elements</b> is a list of groupes of elements for
21 merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
23 <li>\b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.</li>
24 <li>\b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
25 viewer with pressed "Shift" key.</li>
26 <li><b>Select all</b> checkbox selects all groups.</li>
28 <li><b>Edit selected group</b> list allows editing the selected group:
31 <center>adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.</center>
33 \image html remove.png
34 <center>removes from the group the selected element.</center>
37 <center>moves the selected element to the first position in the
38 group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
42 <li>To confirm your choice click \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button.</li>
45 In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the
46 elements of the mesh. After we apply <b>Merge Elements</b> functionality, the
47 triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
49 \image html meshtrianglemergeelem1.png
51 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
52 \ref tui_merging_elements "Merge Elements" operation.