To be candidate to a merge, two plies must have the same material and the same orientation. The ply to be merged is moved from its original group of plies to that of the reference plies, in the sequence of its counterpart. To be geometrically merged, two plies must:
In addition to being moved to the group of the Reference plies, the
ply to be merged has its contour merged with that of its
counterpart. The result of the contour merge looks like this:
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