\page common_operation_page Common
-To produce a \b Common operation in the <b>Main Menu</b> select <b>Operations - > Boolean - > Common</b>
+\b Common operation cuts the common part of a list of shapes and transforms it into an independent geometrical object.
-This operation cuts the common part of a list of shapes and transforms it into an independent geometrical object.
+To produce it, select in the main menu <b>Operations - > Boolean - > Common</b>.
-The \b Result will be a \b GEOM_Object.
+\image html bool2.png "Common dialog"
-<b>TUI Command:</b> <em>geompy.MakeCommonList(theShapesList, checkSelfInte)</em>\n
-<b>Arguments:</b> Name + a list of shapes + an optional flag for self-intersection check.\n
-<b>Advanced option:</b>
-\ref restore_presentation_parameters_page "Set presentation parameters and sub-shapes from arguments".
+In this dialog:
+- Input or accept the default \b Name of the resulting shape.
+- Click the arrow button and select in the Object Browser or in the Viewer the <b>Objects</b> the common part which of should be found.
+- Activate the corresponding check-box if you wish to <b> Detect Self-intersections </b>
+- Activate \ref restore_presentation_parameters_page "Advanced options" if required.
+- Press "Apply" or "Apply & Close" button to get the result (GEOM_Object).
-\image html bool2.png "Common dialog"
-\note This algorithm doesn't find all types of self-intersections. It is tuned
+\note This algorithm does not find all types of self-intersections. It is tuned
to detect vertex/vertex, vertex/edge, edge/edge, vertex/face and edge/face
intersections. Face/face intersections detection is switched off as it
is a time-consuming operation that gives an impact on performance. To find
- all self-intersections please use \ref check_self_intersections_page
+ all self-intersections use \ref check_self_intersections_page
"Detect Self-intersection tool".
+
+
+This operation can be performed using a <b>TUI Command:</b>
+
+<em>geompy.MakeCommonList(theShapesList, checkSelfInte)</em>
+
+<b>Arguments:</b> Name + a list of shapes + an optional flag for self-intersection check.
+
+There is also a special <b>TUI Command</b> for the Common operation on two shapes :
-For a particular case with two shapes for the Common operation there is the following TUI command:
+<em>geompy.MakeCommon(s1, s2, checkSelfInte)</em>
-<b>TUI Command:</b> <em>geompy.MakeCommon(s1, s2, checkSelfInte)</em>\n
<b>Arguments:</b> Name + 2 shapes + an optional flag for self-intersection check.
<b>Example:</b>
<b> More details </b>
-For a detailed description of the Boolean operations please refer to
-<a href="SALOME_BOA_PA.pdf">this document</a>.
+Please, refer to <a href="SALOME_BOA_PA.pdf">this document</a> for a detailed description of Boolean operations.
It provides a general review of the Partition and Boolean
operations algorithms, describes the usage methodology and highlights
major limitations of these operations.