Merge Joints

Form:  Merge Selected Points

Joints within the default Auto Merge Tolerance are automatically merged. Those Joints that lie outside this tolerance may be merged as follows:

1. Select the joints to be merged.

2. Click the Edit menu > Edit Points > Merge Joints command to display the Merge Selected Joints form.

3. Accept or change the Merge Tolerance.

4. Click the OK button.

Hints:
This is a very useful command for merging two models.

If elements are drawn with Snaps turned off, there may be extraneous joints at common locations. Those extraneous joints may be easily eliminated using this command.

Models developed in CAD programs may have beam joints drawn 6 inches or so away from column joints. This is a powerful option to merge beam joints to column joints in such models imported from CAD.