Merge Feature
The Merge Feature is created by merging two or more selected quilts. In case of more than two quilts, every input quilt should have at least one of its edges adjacent to the edge of any other input quilt, and the surfaces must not overlap.
You can merge a number of input quilts by joining two adjacent quilts one after another, that is, by aligning the edges of one quilt to the edges of the other. The first quilt selected for the merge operation becomes the primary reference quilt. The second adjacent quilt is joined to the primary quilt, forming the main body or a newly formed primary quilt. The third quilt is, then, joined to the main body. This process continues until all the input quilts are joined together.
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• For a successful merge, the selected quilts must be ordered based upon their adjacency.
• The merge operation fails in case of intersecting quilts, and quilts that are not adjacent to any other input quilt. In either case, remove the problematic quilt to complete the merge.
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You can also select the input quilts for the merge operation using region selection. In case of region selection, only box selection is available and the quilts to be selected must be completely inside the region. The selected quilts are ordered based on the feature number of the quilt’s parent feature.
You can merge only two quilts by intersecting. You can specify which portion of the quilt to include in the merge feature by selecting the sides for each of the quilts.
A merged quilt consists of two or more original quilts that provide the geometry, and a merge feature that contains the information for the surface joining. The input quilts are retained, even if you delete the Merge feature.
 In Assembly mode, you can merge only assembly-level quilts. If you want to create component-level merge features, you must first activate the component, and then merge the quilts in the component. Surface merge is available only for surfaces that belong to the same component. |