{"id":301240,"date":"2023-08-13T20:19:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/duplicate-nodes\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T20:19:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T20:19:19","slug":"duplicate-nodes","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/duplicate-nodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Duplicate Nodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Hello,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">I have modeled three similar parts in contact. As you can see in the picture, in this case, there are some <strong>duplicated nodes<\/strong> in their interface as well as in the surface where supports and external parts touch each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">I wonder if I should <strong>merge these duplicated nodes<\/strong> with the &ldquo;Merge Dup Nodes&rdquo; button. Which options, in that case, should be active? As you can see in the picture &ldquo;<strong>Delete Merged Nodes<\/strong>, <strong>Delete Degenerated Elem<\/strong>, and <strong>Clean Model<\/strong>&rdquo; are active by default. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black;background: #FBFBFB\">Thanks in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black;background: #FBFBFB\">Regards, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black;background: #FBFBFB\">Mehdi<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black;background: #FBFBFB\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/13-08-2023-1691957952-Dup Nodes.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-301240","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ls-dyna"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,I have modeled three similar parts in contact. 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