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

The Merge-Points command combines two Points* into one Point.

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

When do you need to Merge-Points?

•To sketch a sketch-loop for a Profile / Extrusion

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

•To merge the end-Points of Lines-of-Centers when you add two or more Gear-Pairs to design a Gear-Train

Merge-Points :

1.Click Geometry toolbar > Merge-Points

1.Click Add menu > Geometry sub-menu> > Merge-Points

Then, if the Points* are not coincident:

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

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

4.Click the graphic-area

OR, if the Points* are coincident:

2.Click the two coincident Points*

3.Click the graphic-area

The two Points are now one Point.

* Points : start-Point and/or end-Point of a Line, Arc or Blend-Curve sketch-element.

Notes:

•You CANNOT merge a Point* with the start-Point or end-Point of the CAD-Line along the X-axis of an 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	•Two different Points at the end of sketch-elements. Click a Point and then a different Point. One Point is deleted (Compare with CoincidentPtoP), and the sketch-elements move together.	PointN
Coincident Points	now Merged-Points	•Two Coincident Points A Point and the Coincident constraint is deleted	PointN

Before

After

Select:

In Selection-Window /

Geometry-Tree