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Figures 2.15: Boolean Operation on Bodies
(a) Unite: This option allows all three body types, but do note that different body types cannot be
combined together. Also, if the bodies have different material properties, or have Surface bodies with
different thicknesses, it will cause a warning, but execution will continue. If two Solid bodies that
overlap are selected along with two surface bodies (that meet at a common edge), the result would be
that a Unite operation would be applied to the Solid bodies and separately to the surface bodies. Even if
the surface bodies overlap with the Solid bodies, they will not be combined. Multiple bodies can be
selected that form several separate connected regions. In this case, the resulting body name for each
region will normally be the name of the oldest existing body of the bodies being joined in that region.
Likewise, other attributes like material, thickness, and active/frozen status, when different, will match
that of the oldest body in the group.
Figures 2.16: Boolean Unite Operations
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