Combining Two or More Block Faces Using Geometry Selection

You can also select the geometry face or Named selection using the Select tool and then select the block faces associated with the selection for merging.

  1. Use the Select tool to select the geometry face or Named selection (you may need to disable the Ghost block geometry option).
  2. Right-click and select Blocking Entities from the context-menu to select the block faces associated with the selection.
  3. With the block faces selected, you can proceed to the Merge tool and click Complete to merge the surface blocks or block faces.
Tip: If you are using this approach for merging block faces for template modeling, you can improve the recorded script for better selection repeatability (see the example):

The script originally recorded includes a list of the associated block entities (block faces):

#
selection = Selection.CreateByGroups(SelectionType.Primary, "6_faces")
result = SelectAssociatedBlkEntities.Execute(selection)
# EndBlock

# Merge block faces
blockFaceSelection = Selection.Create(BlockFace1, BlockFace2, BlockFace3, BlockFace4, BlockFace5, BlockFace6)
result = MergeBlockFaces.Execute(blockFaceSelection)
# EndBlock

The script can be modified to initially clear any previous selections and then use the active selection for the merge block faces command:

#
selection = Selection.CreateByGroups(SelectionType.Primary, "6_faces")
Selection.Clear()
result = SelectAssociatedBlkEntities.Execute(selection)
# EndBlock

# Merge block faces
blockFaceSelection = Selection.GetActive()
result = MergeBlockFaces.Execute(blockFaceSelection)
# EndBlock