MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 2.3 Part-Editor > Geometry

Do Merge-Points to combine two Points* into one Point.

When do you need to Merge-Points?

•To sketch a sketch-loop for a Profile / Extrusion (MD-Solid)

•To sketch a sketch-path for a Motion-Point ( with Add Motion-Path FB )

•To merge the Points* at the ends of different Lines-of-Centers, to give a Gear-Train from two Gear-Pairs.

* start-Points, end-Points, center-Points, and/or Points.

Merge-Points :

1.Click Geometry toolbar > Merge-Points

1.Click Geometry menu > Merge-Points

if the Points* are not coincident:

2.Click a Point* at the end of a sketch-element

3.Click a Point* at the end of a different sketch-element

4.Click the graphics-area

if the Points* are coincident:

2.Click the two coincident Points*

3.Click the graphics-area

The two Points* are now one Point.

* Points : start-Point, end-Point, center-Point, and/or a Point

Notes:

•You CANNOT merge a Point* with the start-Point or end-Point of the CAD-Line along the X-axis of a Part.

•You CAN, however, merge a start-Point or end-Point of a sketch-element if you drag to or from the start-Point or end-Point of the CAD-Line.

Before	After	Select:	In Selection-Window / Geometry-Tree
Free Points	Merged Points	•Points at the end of sketch-elements. Click a Point and then a different Point. We delete one Point (Compare with CoincidentPtoP), and the sketch-elements move together.	PointN
Coincident Points	now Merged-Points	•Two Coincident Points We delete one Point and the Coincident constraint.	PointN

Before

After

Select:

In Selection-Window /

Geometry-Tree