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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">Compound Objects</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">The Compound Object command provides tools to topologically merge two or more faces together to produce a better shaped &quot;region&quot; for the mesher to perform meshing. The &quot;merged&quot; faces form a compound face. All of the below options apply to compound faces created with the automatic method, although the last option applies to the manual method as well.</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Minimum Edge Size</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the smallest edge desired in the model. This value is used to detect small faces and edges which could be eliminated by merging adjacent faces.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Applies To:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">English</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Units:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">in</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                        &gt;0.0
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the smallest edge desired in the model. This value is used to detect small faces and edges which could be eliminated by merging adjacent faces.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">CAE_DefaultAutoCompMinEdgeSize_MU</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Applies To:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Metric</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Units:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                        &gt;0.0
                    ]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Sliver Face Factor</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the factor that will be used detect sliver faces.
</p><pre class="indent">1.000 - a perfect circle
0.886 - a perfect square
0.510 - a rectangle 1x10
0.300 - a rectangle 1x33
0.175 - a rectangle 1x100
0.056 - a rectangle 1x1000</pre><p class="para_refCategory"></p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">CAE_DefaultAutoCompSliverFactor</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[
                        &gt;0.0
                         &lt;=1.0
                    ]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Minimum Corner Angle</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option specifies the minimum corner angle for a face. The angle at every corner of every face will be computed and compared to this value. If it is less than this value it will be a candidate for compounding.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">CAE_DefaultAutoCompMinCornAng</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Units:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">deg</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">[
                        &gt;=0
                         &lt;=90
                    ]</p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Face Deviation Angle</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">Before merging two faces to form a compound, the dihedral angle (delta) between the faces will be computed. If
|delta-180| &gt; Face Deviation Angle
then the two faces will not be compounded together.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">NX3.0.0</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">CAE_DefaultAutoCompFaceDevAng</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Units:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">deg</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Range:</p>
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                        &gt;=0
                         &lt;=180
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Notify on Delete</div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">This option determines whether or not a notification message should be given when some finite element objects will be deleted as a result of a compound face being deleted.</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Version Modified:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Scope:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Session</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Type:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Integer</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Default Name:</p>
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                  <p class="defObject">Valid Options:</p>
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