To Merge More Than Two Quilts

Part Modeling > Part Modeling > Edit Features > Merge > To Merge More Than Two Quilts

1. Select two or more quilts in the graphics window to merge. Alternatively, select the quilts using the Search Tool or by region selection.

• All the edges of the selected quilts must be adjacent to each other and must not overlap.

• The quilts are placed in the collector in the order of selection. However, if you use region selection, the quilts are sorted in the quilt collector based on their feature number on the Model Tree.

• Intersecting quilts cannot be merged. If the model contains intersecting quilts, trim them before the merge operation.

• The quilts in the quilt collector must be sequentially arranged based on their adjacency.

2. Click Model >

Merge. The Merge tab opens.

3. Optionally, click

to switch on dynamic preview. However, dynamic preview switches off if you are performing a merge with more than two quilts.

4. To reorder the quilts, click the References tab. Select a quilt in the Quilts collector, and click one of the following:

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—Moves the selected quilt to the top of the quilt collector. When you move a quilt to the top of the list, it becomes the primary quilt.

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—Moves the selected quilt one level up in the quilt collector.

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—Moves the selected quilt one level down in the quilt collector.

• You can also reorder the quilts by dragging them in the quilt collector.

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and

are not available if the selected quilt is the first quilt in the list.

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is not available if the selected quilt is the last quilt in the list.

5. To remove a quilt in the Quilts collector, right-click the quilt and choose Remove on the shortcut menu.

6. Click

OK. The selected quilts merge.