{"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":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["290312","13468"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.173"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1742"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["301240"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["13468","290312"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["301394"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["301394"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-08-14 15:55:47"]},"test":"mehdisaloocmail-carleton-ca"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/301240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/301240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}