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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/merging_nodes.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/merging_nodes.doc
index 76692add1..439e1fea3 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/merging_nodes.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/merging_nodes.doc
@@ -21,8 +21,28 @@ then converted to the single node.
processed.
\b Tolerance is a maximum distance between nodes sufficient for
merging.
+Activation of No merge of corner and medium nodes check-box
+ prevents merging medium nodes of quadratic elements with corner
+ nodes. This check-box is enabled provided that the selected mesh
+ includes quadratic elements.
Exclude Groups group box allows to ignore the nodes which
-belong to the specified mesh groups.
+belong to the specified mesh groups.
+Nodes to keep group box allows to specify nodes to keep in
+ the mesh. (By default a node being the first in a group of
+ coincident nodes is kept.) It is possible to either select nodes in
+ the Viewer or select groups of any element type whose nodes will be
+ kept.
+
+ - \a Selection button activates selection of nodes to keep.
+ - Node IDs button activates selection of nodes in the
+ Viewer.
+ - Groups and Sub-meshes button activates selection of
+ groups and sub-meshes.
+ - \b Add button adds selected nodes or groups to the list.
+ - Nodes or groups selected in the list can be removed using \b
+ Remove button.
+
+
Automatic mode:
@@ -39,14 +59,15 @@ In this mode additional controls are available:
\b Detect button generates the list of coincident nodes for the given
\b Tolerance.
Coincident nodes is a list of groups of nodes for
- merging. As result of the operation all nodes of each group will be
- replaces by the firts node of the group.
+ merging. After the operation all nodes of each group will
+ be united into one node. The first node of a group is kept and
+ the others are removed.
- \b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.
- \b Add button adds to the list a group of nodes selected in the
viewer with pressed "Shift" key.
-- Select all checkbox selects all groups.
-- Show double nodes IDs checkbox shows/hides identifiers of
+
- Select all check-box selects all groups.
+- Show double nodes IDs check-box shows/hides identifiers of
nodes of selected groups in the 3D viewer.
@@ -65,17 +86,16 @@ nodes of selected groups in the 3D viewer.
\image html sort.png
moves the selected node to the first position in the
- group. This means that all other nodes of the group will be
- replaced by this one.
+ group in order to keep it in the mesh.
To confirm your choice click \b Apply or Apply and Close button.
-\image html merging_nodes1.png "The initial obgect"
+\image html merging_nodes1.png "The initial object"
-\image html merging_nodes2.png "The object has been merged with a very big tolerance"
+\image html merging_nodes2.png "The object has been merged"
See Also a sample TUI Script of a
\ref tui_merging_nodes "Merge Nodes" operation.