What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
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Hello,
What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD command? I've read Help file and I know that VADD creates new solid volume and VGLUE merges volumes, but maintains their individuality. In both cases newly created volume is treated as one solid volume, so what is the difference between them in practice? When should I use VADD and VGLUE?
Regards,
Maevius
What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD command? I've read Help file and I know that VADD creates new solid volume and VGLUE merges volumes, but maintains their individuality. In both cases newly created volume is treated as one solid volume, so what is the difference between them in practice? When should I use VADD and VGLUE?
Regards,
Maevius





RE: What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
"in both cases newly created volume is treated as one solid volume" - Not true!
VGLUE works only for volumes with intersecting areas. The volumes remain separate.
VADD works for volumes with intersecting volumes too. The result is one volume.
Regards
Alex
RE: What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
the first part of your statement is correct, but the second is not: VGLUE won't "condense" the two volumes in one only. The two volumes remain separate, but their surfaces will be "divided" in the common area(s). When you mesh two glued volumes, the mesh in the common area(s) will be compatible (i.e. nodes are in the same locations), though not united unless you perform a "merge nodes".
The best you can do in order to fully understand the booleans, and this case in particular, is to model two very simple volumes (two blocks for example) and play with the booleans.
You will notice that you can not VGLUE if there is a common part of volume: you can only VGLUE if the common part is a surface.
Regards
RE: What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
Am I right now ?
Maevius
RE: What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
PS: Assigning materials must occur after gluing.
RE: What is the difference between VGLUE and VADD ?
Thank you for help.
Maevius