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FEMGEN Command only.
Set_name = Only parts in the named set are to be merged.
Tol = The maximum distance to be used when deciding whether parts are
to be merged. If a
tolerance is not specified then the absolute tolerance is used. The current value of
the absolute tolerance can be displayed with UTILITY TABULATE GEOMETRY STATUS
and specified with CONSTRUCT SPACE TOLERANCE ABSOLUTE.
The CONSTRUCT MERGE command will delete duplicated points, lines, surfaces and bodies which are within the specified tolerance. If a set name is given then only parts in that set and within the specified tolerance will be merged, otherwise the command operates on the complete model.
On completion a summary of the numbers of entities deleted is displayed.
This command is specially useful if data has come from a CAD system.
As part of the merging process a check is performed on whether any points will be merged which are used in the definition of local axis systems, shapes, transformations and intersections. The user is asked whether these 'dependent' points should be merged. If the user specifies that these points should be merged then some shapes, local axes etc. may be lost.
See also the following commands
'UTILITY READ'
'UTILITY TABULATE GEOMETRY STATUS'
'CONSTRUCT SPACE TOLERANCE ABSOLUTE'
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