MERGEGROUP,<dest>,[G1], … ,[G10]

This command allows the user to merge up to 11 groups together into a single group. The destination group (first argument) original element numbers will be unchanged. Each subsequent groups' elements number will be offset by destination groups maximum element number when it is added to the destination. All of the merge groups (G1-G10) will be removed at the end of the merge leaving only the destination group in the model.

All of the groups to be merged must be of the same element type.. After the command execution, the models group numbering will have gaps due to the deleted groups. Users may want to compress group numbers using the GCOM command after merging groups.

• dest - Group Number for the destination group. This group will contain all of the elements of the groups that are to be merged as a result of this command.
• G1 - G10 - Groups that are to be added to dest group. these groups will be removed as a result of this command.