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68 <h1>Merging Elements</h1>
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70 <p><img src="i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"> This functionality allows to merge coincident elements
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71 of a mesh selectable in the dialog box. </p>
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73 <p><img src="pics/mergeelems.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="313px" height="221px" border="0" class="img_whs2"></p>
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75 <p>In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the elements
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76 of the mesh. After we apply <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge Elements</B></span>
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77 functionality, the triangle will be completely merged with the mesh. </p>
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81 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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82 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="transforming_meshes.htm#bookmark8">Merge
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83 Elements</a> operation. </p>
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