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__NOTOC__
===Merge Models===
MergeModels

{|
|[[Image:MergeModels.jpg|thumb|280px|Merge Models GUI]]
|[[Image:MergeModelsResult.jpg|thumb|280px|Merge Models output, the sphere and cube are combined in one model.]]
|}

== General Information ==
===Module Type & Category===

Type: CLI

Category: Surface Models

===Authors, Collaborators & Contact===
* Author1: Nicole Aucoin, BWH
* Contributor1: Daniel Haehn
* Contact: Nicole Aucoin, nicole@bwh.harvard.edu

===Module Description===

This module merges two models together. It uses the vtkAppendPolyData filter.

== Usage ==

===Use Cases, Examples===

This module is especially appropriate for these use cases:
* to combine two models into one

Examples of the module in use:
* after creating two models from a segmented volume, you can use this module to combine them into one

===Tutorials===

===Quick Tour of Features and Use===

{|
|
* '''IO:'''
** '''Model 1''': input surface model 1
** '''Model 2''': input surface model 2
** '''Output Model''': the result of adding Model 1 and Model 2
|[[Image:MergeModels.jpg|thumb|280px|Merge Models GUI]]
|}

== Development ==

===Notes from the Developer(s)===

Coded up in C++ by Nicole Aucoin after Daniel Haehn posted a python version to the slicer-users mailing ilst.

===Dependencies===

No other modules or packages are required for this module's use. The Models module can be used to set the color on the output model.

===Tests===

On the [http://www.cdash.org/CDash/index.php?project=Slicer3 Dashboard], these tests verify that the module is working on various platforms:

* MergeModelsTest [http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/Applications/CLI/Testing/MergeModelsTest.cxx MergeModelsTest.cxx]

===Known bugs===

Links to known bugs in the Slicer3 bug tracker



===Usability issues===

Follow this [http://na-mic.org/Mantis/main_page.php link] to the Slicer3 bug tracker. Please select the '''usability issue category''' when browsing or contributing.

===Source code & documentation===

Links to the module's source code:
*[http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/Applications/CLI/MergeModels.cxx MergeModels.cxx]
*[http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/Applications/CLI/MergeModels.xml MergeModels.xml]

Doxygen documentation:
*[http://www.na-mic.org/Slicer/Documentation/Slicer3-doc/html/classes.html MergeModels]

== More Information ==

===Acknowledgment===

This work is part of the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NAMIC), funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant U54 EB005149.

===References===

[http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users/2010/002682.html Slicer Users mailing list post from Daniel]

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