3 \page merging_elements_page Merging Elements
5 \n This functionality allows to merge coincident elements of a mesh
6 selectable in the dialog box.
9 <li>From the \b Modification choose \b Transformation and from its
10 sub-menu select the <b>Merge elements</b> item. The following dialog box
13 \image html mergeelems_ico.png "Merge elements button"
15 \image html mergeelems_auto.png
17 <li><b>Automatic mode:</b>
19 <li>\b Name is the name of the mesh whose elements will be merged.</li>
20 <li>\b Automatic Mode or \b Manual Mode is to switch the dialog
22 <li>In \b Automatic Mode the elements that were created on the same nodes will be merged.</li>
26 \image html mergeelems.png
29 <li>If the \b Manual Mode is selected there are additional controls to
30 manage the elements to be merged in more detail:
32 <li>\b Detect button generates the list of coincident elements for the given \b Tolerance.</li>
33 <li><b>Coincident elements</b> is a list of groupes of elements for
34 merging. All elements of each group will form one after the operation.
36 <li>\b Remove button deletes the selected group from the list.</li>
37 <li>\b Add button adds to the list a group of elements selected in the
38 viewer with pressed "Shift" key.</li>
39 <li><b>Select all</b> checkbox selects all groups.</li>
41 <li><b>Edit selected group</b> list allows editing the selected group:
44 <center>adds to the group the element selected in the viewer.</center>
46 \image html remove.png
47 <center>removes from the group the selected element.</center>
50 <center>moves the selected element to the first position in the
51 group. This means that all other elements will be merged into this
55 <li>To confirm your choice click \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button.</li>
58 In this picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the
59 elements of the mesh. After we apply <b>Merge Elements</b> functionality, the
60 triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
62 \image html meshtrianglemergeelem1.png
64 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
65 \ref tui_merging_elements "Merge Elements" operation.