Merge Model Elements

As you build your model, you may find that you need to perform a model merge from time to time. In fact, if you count on doing this, you can generally build your models faster and let the model merge feature do a lot of the work for you. See Merge Tolerance to learn about inputting the merge tolerance.

Perform a Model Merge

To perform a model merge:

1. Open a model view if one is not already open.

   1. Go to the View ribbon.

   2. Click the Open 3D Views icon.

2. Go to the Modify ribbon.

   

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3. Select the items you wish to merge.

   Typically you will want everything to be selected.

4. Click the Model Merge icon on the Modify ribbon in the Advanced section.

   The Model Merge window opens.

   

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5. Set the parameters for the new merge.

6. Click either Apply All or Apply Selected, depending on if you are applying the merge to all items or just selected items.