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  88 <h1>Merging nodes</h1>
  89
  90 <p><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"> This functionality allows user to detect groups of coincident
  91  nodes with desirable tolerance, edit these groups and merge.</p>
  92
  93 <p>&nbsp;</p>
  94
  95 <p class=TODO>To merge nodes of your mesh:</p>
  96
  97 <p class=TODO>&nbsp;</p>
  98
  99 <p class="whs2">1. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
 100  </B></span>choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Transformation </B></span>and
 101  &nbsp;from its
 102  sub-menu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge nodes </B></span>item.
 103  The following dialog box shall appear:</p>
 104
 105 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 106
 107 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/mergenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="420px" height="507px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
 108
 109 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>
 110
 111 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
 112
 113         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name</B></span>
 114  is the name of the mesh whose nodes will be merged.</p></li>
 115
 116         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span>
 117  is a maximum distance between nodes sufficient for merging.</p></li>
 118
 119         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Detect</B></span>
 120  button generates the list of coincident nodes for the given <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tolerance</B></span>.</p></li>
 121
 122         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Coincident
 123  nodes</B></span> is a list of groupes of nodes for merging. All nodes of each
 124  group will form one after the operation. </p></li>
 125
 126         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove</B></span>
 127  button deletes the selected group from the list.</p></li>
 128
 129         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add</B></span>
 130  button adds to the list a group of nodes selected in the viewer with pressed
 131  &quot;Shift&quot; key.</p></li>
 132
 133         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select
 134  all</B></span> checkbox selects all groups.</p></li>
 135
 136         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Edit
 137  selected group<span style="font-weight: normal;"> list</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows
 138  editing the selected group:</span></p></li>
 139
 140         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/add.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="37px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs7"> adds
 141  to the group the node selected in the viewer.</p></li>
 142
 143         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/remove.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="38px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs8"> removes
 144  from the group the selected node.</p></li>
 145
 146         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/sort.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="82px" height="27px" border="0" class="img_whs9"> moves
 147  the selected node to the first position in the group. This means that
 148  all other nodes will be merged into this one. </p></li>
 149 </ul>
 150
 151 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>
 152
 153 <p class="whs5">To confirm your choice click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>
 154  or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply</B></span> button.</p>
 155
 156 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>
 157
 158 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/merging_nodes1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="341px" height="375px" border="0" class="img_whs10"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="../pics/merging_nodes2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="347px" height="376px" border="0" class="img_whs11"></p>
 159
 160 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>
 161
 162 <p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>
 163
 164 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
 165  Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../transforming_meshes.htm#bookmark3">Merge
 166  Nodes</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>
 167
 168 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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