Analysis > Options > Collinearity

Merge coordinate points that are close to one another – during file load.

Coordinate points that are very close to one another are merged together. Coordinate points that are very near an edge of a surface are moved onto that edge. By default Map3D will move these points if they are within a search radius of 1000th of the edge length from the surface.

If desired, the user can define a search radius by entering a value in the data box. Other CAD packages may not link corners of surfaces together. This feature is useful for eliminating small gaps and overlaps between adjacent surfaces and blocks. Extreme caution should be used when specifying a non-zero value for this parameter since large values can cause more problems then it will fix by merging too many points together.

Notes

This function must be checked before loading the model file

Analysis > Load Model.

It is recommended that you check this option. However caution must be exercised if a non-zero search radius is specified since too large a value can cause undesired merging of coordinate points thus destroying model integrity.