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- "Merge elements menu button"
+ *"Merge elements"* menu button
To merge elements choose in the main menu **Modification** -> **Transformation** -> **Merge elements** item. The following dialog box shall appear:
In this dialog:
- * Name is the name of the mesh object whose elements will be merged.
+ * **Name** is the name of the mesh object whose elements will be merged.
* **Automatic** or **Manual** Mode allows choosing how the elements are processed. In the **Automatic** Mode all elements created on the same nodes will be merged. In **Manual** mode you can adjust groups of coincident elements detected by the program.
- If the **Manual** Mode is selected, additional controls are available:
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+ If the **Manual** Mode is selected, additional controls are available:
.. image:: ../images/mergeelems.png
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* **Show double elements IDs** check-box shows/hides identifiers of elements of the selected groups in the 3D viewer.
* **Edit selected group of coincident elements** list allows editing the selected group:
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- adds to the group the elements selected in the viewer.
+ * adds to the group the elements selected in the viewer.
- .. image:: ../images/remove.png
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+ .. image:: ../images/remove.png
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- removes the selected elements from the group.
+ * removes the selected elements from the group.
- .. image:: ../images/sort.png
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+ .. image:: ../images/sort.png
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- moves the selected element to the first position in the group in order to keep it in the mesh.
+ * moves the selected element to the first position in the group in order to keep it in the mesh.
* To confirm your choice click **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 triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
+In the following picture you see a triangle which coincides with one of the elements of the mesh. After we apply **Merge Elements** functionality, the triangle will be completely merged with the mesh.
.. image:: ../images/meshtrianglemergeelem1.png
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