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/*!
-\page building_compounds_page Building Compounds
+\page building_compounds_page Building Compound Meshes
-\n Compound Mesh is a combination of several meshes.
+\n Compound Mesh is a combination of several meshes. All elements and
+groups present in input meshes are present in the compound
+mesh. However, it does not use geometry or hypotheses of the initial meshes.
+The links between the input meshes and the compound mesh are not
+supported, consequently the modification of an input mesh does not lead to
+the update of the compound mesh.
-To Build a compound:
+To Build a compound mesh:
\par
From the \b Mesh menu select Build Compound or click "Build
-Compound Mesh" button in the toolbar.
+ Compound Mesh" button in the toolbar.
\image html image161.png
"Build Compound Mesh" button
@@ -20,31 +25,36 @@ The following dialog box will appear:
\par
-- \b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound.
-- \b Meshes - allows selecting the meshes which will be
-concatenated. They can be chosen in the Object Browser while holding
-\b Ctrl button.
-- Processing identical groups - allows selecting the method
-of processing the namesake existing on the united meshes.
-\n They can be either
-
-- \b United - all elements of Group1 on Mesh_1 and Group1 on Mesh_2
-become the elements of Group1 on the Compound_Mesh, or
-- \b Renamed - Group1 on Mesh_1 becomes Group1_1 and Group1 on Mesh_2
-becomes Group1_2. See \ref grouping_elements_page "Creating Groups"
-for more information about groups.
-
-- Create common groups for initial meshes checkbox permits to
-automatically create groups of all elements of the same type
-(nodes, edges, faces and volumes) for the resulting mesh from the
-elements
-of the initial meshes.
-
-- You can simply unite meshes or choose to Merge coincident nodes
-and elements, in which case it is possible to define the \b Tolerance
-for this operation.
+ - \b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound mesh.
+ - Meshes, sub-meshes, groups - allows selecting the meshes,
+ sub-meshes and groups to be concatenated. They can be
+ chosen in the Object Browser while holding \b Ctrl button.
+ - Processing identical groups - allows selecting the method
+ of processing the namesake groups existing in the input meshes.
+ They can be either
+ - \b United - all elements of \em Group1 of \em Mesh_1 and \em
+ Group1 of \em Mesh_2 become the elements of \em Group1 of the
+ \em Compound_Mesh, or
+ - \b Renamed - \em Group1 of \em Mesh_1 becomes \em Group1_1
+ and \em Group1 of \em Mesh_2 becomes \em Group1_2.
+
+ See \ref grouping_elements_page "Creating Groups" for more information
+ about groups.
+ - Create groups from input objects check-box permits to
+ automatically create groups corresponding to every initial mesh.
+
+\image html buildcompound_groups.png "Groups created from input meshes 'Box_large' and 'Box_small'"
+
+
+ - You can choose to additionally
+ \ref merging_nodes_page "Merge coincident nodes"
+ \ref merging_elements_page "and elements" in the compound mesh, in
+ which case it is possible to define the \b Tolerance for this
+ operation.
\image html image160.gif "Example of a compound of two meshed cubes"
+See Also a sample
+\ref tui_building_compound "TUI Example of building compounds."
*/