{"id":457206,"date":"2026-04-27T20:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/combine-mergeadd-multiple-bodies\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:56:15","slug":"combine-mergeadd-multiple-bodies","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/combine-mergeadd-multiple-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Combine (merge\/add) multiple bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I have 3 bodies. Two overlap and the other one not. I selected ALL of the bodies and tryied to combine them to get 2 disconnected bodies. However, when I click the&nbsp; combine button, only ONE body was left. How to get the two disconnected bodies?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a very simple case to mimic a complex model, in which some can be combined and some cannot. I do not want to lose any bodies and just want to reduce the number of bodies.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joey&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/27-04-2026-1777323312-3bodies.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-457206","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_topic_id":["457206"],"_bbp_subscription":["676740","8124"],"_bbp_author_ip":["170.85.71.111"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["457282"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457282"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-28 13:16:20"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["676740","8124"],"_btv_view_count":["43"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"qzhang-jhugmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/457206","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\/457206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}