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The Reduce Polygons command (Construct > Reduce > Reduce Polygons) merges co-planar polygons with three or more vertices into a single polygon and can optionally remove any stray points resulting from the polygon removal.
Polygons are merged if the relative angle between two polygons is less than the Polygon Reduction setting, they share an edge, and have the same surface name.