.. _auto_curves_remove_overlapping:

*REMOVE OVERLAPPING CURVES BASED ON HOW CLOSE THEY ARE *
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Removes near-duplicate (overlapping) curves from a curve group by sampling a configurable number of points and comparing Y-value differences against a fractional tolerance. Use this worker to de-duplicate redundant curves before plotting, training, or correlation steps.

When to use
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Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``curve_deduplication``, ``curve_filtering``, ``overlapping_curves``, ``remove_overlapping``, ``tolerance``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Curve Group
     - curvegroup
     - vector
     - —
     - 
     - The input curve group (multi-curve vector) from which overlapping/near-duplicate curves will be removed; accepts multiple curves.
   * - Number Of Points
     - number_of_points
     - scalar
     - 10
     - 
     - Number of evenly sampled comparison points used to detect overlap between curve pairs; 10–20% of the total point count is recommended (default: 10).
   * - Tolerance
     - tolerance
     - scalar
     - 0.01
     - 
     - Fractional similarity threshold: two curves are considered overlapping when their Y-value difference at sampled points is less than TOL × max(/Y/) of the pair; default 0.01 (1%).

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - curves_remove_overlapping_output_1
     - curves_remove_overlapping_output_1
     - vector
     - Filtered curve group (vector) with overlapping/near-duplicate curves removed, retaining one representative curve per cluster of similar curves.

Disciplines
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- data.curve.pair

Runnable example
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A runnable example is registered for this worker. Open the example workflow on the d3VIEW canvas: `/api/workflow/example?id=curves_remove_overlapping <https://www.d3view.com/api/workflow/example?id=curves_remove_overlapping>`_

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