From d42fe4eeaa13c84673b5323e2d6b6feef7424917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: haavahk <blautfisk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 15:53:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Coincident nodes at elems: method not working as planned

---
 src/ada/fem/containers.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ada/fem/containers.py b/src/ada/fem/containers.py
index 00827bfa4..d7b7a7917 100644
--- a/src/ada/fem/containers.py
+++ b/src/ada/fem/containers.py
@@ -429,6 +429,26 @@ def _sort(self):
         self._group_by_types()
         self.renumber()
 
+    def merge_with_coincident_nodes(self):
+        from ada.core.containers import Nodes
+
+        def remove_duplicate_nodes():
+            new_nodes = [n for n in elem.nodes if len(n.refs) > 0]
+            elem.nodes.clear()
+            elem.nodes.extend(new_nodes)
+
+        """
+        This does not work according to plan. It seems like it is deleting more and more from the model for each 
+        iteration
+        """
+        elem_list = list(filter(lambda x: len(x.nodes) > len([n for n in x.nodes if len(n.refs) > 0]), self._elements))
+        for elem in elem_list:
+            remove_duplicate_nodes()
+            if len(elem.nodes) < 2:
+                self.remove(elem)
+            else:
+                elem._shape = None
+
 
 class FemSections:
     """