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Merge bordering faces between different components

User: "Rahul_P1"
Rahul_P1
Altair Employee
Updated by Rahul_P1

Hello,
I import geometry from CATIA V5 to HyperWorks 12.0 using a step file. This file contains three components: two parts for a nondesign property and one part for a design property.
Is there a way to merge the bordering faces between these parts to obtain a 100% similar mesh on these faces after meshing?
At the moment I mesh the three parts and merge the nodes after meshing (Tool -> faces -> equivalence). I need a big tolerance value to get all nodes. That´s very disadvantageous cause increasing the tolerance causes my FE-Modell to collapse (?).
Thank You
Andreas

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    User: "Rahul_P1"
    Rahul_P1
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    Updated by Rahul_P1

    awuensch,

    I presume you have solid models, you need to use boolean to merge the solids, boolean (which is in the Solid Edit panel, Geom > Solid Edit) Performs complex merge and split functions on solids

    See HyperMesh > HyperMesh Panels > HyperMesh Panels Listed Alphabetically > solid edit panel > boolean subpanel (solid edit panel) see each of the step-by-step segments listed in the How to I… topics.

    User: "Rahul_P1"
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
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    Updated by Rahul_P1

    Boolean -> A+B -> combine through: none

    does exactly what I want.

    Thanks

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