Parts Merging control merges all the parts defined in the scope to a single part. You should execute Parts Merging control before generating connected topology or mesh. You cannot perform topological connection or mesh connection for bodies that reside in different parts.
Parts Merging Details view has the following options:
General
Control Type: Displays the selected control type.
Scope
Define By: Allows you to define the input to the selected control. The available options are Value and Outcome.
Value: Allows you to set manually the value of the Scoping Method and Scoping Pattern.
Outcome: Allows you to select the existing scoped outcomes from the previous steps as input.
Scoping Method: Allows you to scope Part as input for the Part Merging control.
Scoping Pattern: Allows you to specify the name pattern to get the selected Scoping Method. Scoping Pattern supports Regular Expression. You can click
on the right corner of the option and the
following options are available:Publish: Publishes Scoping Pattern to the Property Worksheet.
Scope All: Inserts '.*' regular expression to scope all entities.
Definition
Part Name: Provides the name for the new part formed after merging the existing parts. When you do not provide the part name, the control uses the existing part name for the new part. You can click
on the right corner of the
option and click Publish to add Part
Name to the Property Worksheet.