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\n This functionality allows to merge coincident elements of a mesh
selectable in the dialog box.
-
\image html mergeelems_ico.png "Merge elements button"
+
+- Choose in the main menu \b Modification -> \b Transformation -> Merge elements item. The following dialog box
+shall appear:
-\image html mergeelems.png
+\image html mergeelems_auto.png
+
+
+- \b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.
+- \b Automatic or \b Manual Mode allows choosing how the elements
+are processed.
+
+
+- Automatic mode:
+
+- In the \b Automatic Mode the elements created on the same nodes will be merged.
+
+
+
+- If the \b Manual Mode is selected, additional controls are
+available:
+\image html mergeelems.png
+
+
+- \b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.
+- Coincident elements is a list of groups of elements for
+merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
- - \b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.
- - \b Tolerance is a maximum distance between elements sufficient for merging.
-
- - \b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.
-
- - Coincident elements is a list of groupes of elements for
- merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
-
- - \b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.
- - \b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
- viewer with pressed "Shift" key.
- - Select all checkbox selects all groups.
-
- - Edit selected group list allows editing the selected group:
-
- \image html add.png
- adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.
-
- \image html remove.png
- removes from the group the selected element.
-
- \image html sort.png
- moves the selected element to the first position in the
- group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
- one.
-
-
- - To confirm your choice click \b Apply or Apply and Close button.
+- \b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.
+- \b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
+viewer with pressed "Shift" key.
+- Select all checkbox selects all groups.
+
+- Edit selected group list allows editing the selected group:
+
+\image html add.png
+adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.
+
+\image html remove.png
+removes from the group the selected element.
+
+\image html sort.png
+moves the selected element to the first position in the
+group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
+one.
+
+
+- To confirm your choice click \b Apply or Apply and Close button.
+
In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the
elements of the mesh. After we apply Merge Elements functionality, the