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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/building_compounds.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/building_compounds.doc
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--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/building_compounds.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/building_compounds.doc
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 /*!
 
-\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.
 
-<em>To Build a compound:</em>
+<em>To Build a compound mesh:</em>
 
 \par
 From the \b Mesh menu select <b>Build Compound</b> or click <em>"Build
-Compound Mesh"</em> button in the toolbar.
+  Compound Mesh"</em> button in the toolbar.
 
-\image html image161.gif
+\image html image161.png
 <center><em>"Build Compound Mesh" button</em></center>
 
 \par
@@ -20,33 +25,36 @@ The following dialog box will appear:
 
 \par
 <ul>
-<li>\b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound.</li>
-<li>\b Meshes - allows selecting the meshes which will be
-concatenated. They can be chosen in the Object Browser while holding
-\b Ctrl button.</li>
-<li><b>Processing identical groups</b> - allows selecting the method
-of processing the namesake existing on the united meshes.
-\n They can be either</li>
-<ul>
-<li>\b United - all elements of Group1 on Mesh_1 and Group1 on Mesh_2
-become the elements of Group1 on the Compound_Mesh, or</li>
-<li>\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.</li>
-</ul>
-<li><b>Create common groups for initial meshes</b> 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.
-</li>
-<li>You can simply unite meshes or choose to <b>Merge coincident nodes
-and elements</b>, in which case it is possible to define the \b Tolerance
-for this operation.</li>
+  <li>\b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound mesh.</li>
+  <li><b>Meshes, sub-meshes, groups</b> - allows selecting the meshes,
+    sub-meshes and groups to be concatenated. They can be
+    chosen in the Object Browser while holding \b Ctrl button.</li>
+  <li><b>Processing identical groups</b> - allows selecting the method
+    of processing the namesake groups existing in the input meshes.
+    They can be either <ul>
+      <li>\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</li>
+      <li>\b Renamed - \em Group1 of \em Mesh_1 becomes \em Group1_1
+      and \em Group1 of \em Mesh_2 becomes \em Group1_2.</li>
+    </ul>
+    See \ref grouping_elements_page "Creating Groups" for more information
+    about groups.</li>
+  <li><b>Create groups from input objects</b> 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'"
+
+  <p></li>
+  <li>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.</li>
 </ul>
 
-\n <b>Example:</b>
-
-\image html image160.gif
+\image html image160.gif "Example of a compound of two meshed cubes"
 
+<b>See Also</b> a sample
+\ref tui_building_compound "TUI Example of building compounds."
 */