\page merging_nodes_page Merging nodes
-\n This functionality allows user to detect groups of coincident nodes
-with desirable tolerance, edit these groups and merge.
+This functionality allows user to detect groups of coincident nodes
+with specified tolerance; each group of the coincident nodes can be
+then converted to the single node.
\image html mergenodes_ico.png "Merge nodes button"
<em>To merge nodes of your mesh:</em>
<ol>
-<li>From the \b Modification choose \b Transformation and from its
+<li>From the \b Modification choose \b Transformation and from its
sub-menu select the <b>Merge nodes</b> item. The following dialog box
shall appear:</li>
-
+<br>
\image html mergenodes_auto.png
<br>
<ul>
processed.
<li>\b Tolerance is a maximum distance between nodes sufficient for
merging.</li>
+<li><b>Exclude Groups</b> group box allows to ignore the nodes which
+belong to the specified mesh groups.
</ul>
<li><b>Automatic mode:</b>
<br>
<ul>
<li>In the \b Automatic Mode all Nodes within the indicated tolerance
-will be merged.</li>
+will be merged. The nodes which belong to the groups specified in the
+<b>Exclude Groups</b> will be not taken into account.</li>
</ul>
</li><br>
<li>If the \b Manual Mode is selected, additional controls are available:
<li><b>Select all</b> checkbox selects all groups.</li>
</ul>
+<br>
\image html mergenodes.png
-
+<br>
</li>
<li><b>Edit selected group</b> list allows editing the selected
group:
