\page building_compounds_page Building Compounds
-\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. Neither geometry nor hypotheses of initial meshes are used by
+the compound mesh.
<em>To Build a compound:</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.png
<center><em>"Build Compound Mesh" button</em></center>
\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
+ <li>\b Name - allows selecting the name of the resulting \b Compound mesh.</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.
+ <li><b>Processing identical groups</b> - allows selecting the method
+ of processing the namesake groups existing in 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 United - all elements of Group1 of Mesh_1 and Group1 of Mesh_2
+ become the elements of Group1 of the Compound_Mesh, or</li>
+ <li>\b Renamed - Group1 of Mesh_1 becomes Group1_1 and Group1 of Mesh_2
+ becomes Group1_2.</li>
+ </ul>
+ See \ref grouping_elements_page "Creating Groups" for more information
+ about groups.
+ <li><b>Create common groups for initial meshes</b> check-box permits to
+ automatically create groups corresponding to every initial mesh.
+ </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>
\image html image160.gif "Example of a compound of two meshed cubes"
-<b>See Also</b> a sample
+<b>See Also</b> a sample
\ref tui_building_compound "TUI Example of building compounds."
*/
