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Merging faceted bodies

The Merge tool combines two faceted bodies, or a faceted body and a solid body.

Merging faceted bodies is a boolean operation similar to the CombineA tool used to cut or glue geometry together. tool in the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

For Boolean tools, keep in mind the following:

• The first faceted body you select is altered by the second
• The second faceted body is “consumed” by the first
• After the operation, the first faceted body is still in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components. but the second is not

To Merge facets bodies:

1. Click the Merge tool
2. Select the first faceted body
   • The first faceted body is highlighted in blue
3. Select the second faceted body or a solid body
4. The two bodies are merged into one
   • If a solid body is merged with a faceted body, the solid body is converted to a faceted body

Options

The following options are available to control how bodies are merged:

The Merge tool also works on two Open facets bodies to automatically create the union that produces a single, closed faceted body. An example would be two halves of a shelled body merged into a closed shelled body.

Patterned components are up-selected in the Boolean tools. In the example below, the cylinders were made as a pattern. Highlighting one pattern member highlights the entire pattern.