Merge Feeder Shared Channel Gap

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Two fan sources each feed one merge junction and one side section; a packed cell-mate pushes their shared merge descent into an inter-column gap, so both feeders fuse onto a single descent channel that splits to the side and target.

Mermaid source

%%metro title: Merge feeders sharing a co-located descent channel
%%metro style: dark
%%metro directional: true
%%metro line: a | A | #e63946
%%metro line: b | B | #0570b0
%%metro grid: src_fanA | 2,0
%%metro grid: left_mate, src_fanB | 2,1
%%metro grid: side_a | 3,0
%%metro grid: middle | 1,1
%%metro grid: target | 0,2

graph LR
    subgraph src_fanA [Fan Source A]
        fsa1[In]
        fsa2[Out]
        fsa1 -->|a| fsa2
    end
    subgraph left_mate [Left Mate]
        lm1[LM]
        lm2[Out]
        lm1 -->|b| lm2
    end
    subgraph src_fanB [Fan Source B]
        fsb1[In]
        fsb2[Out]
        fsb1 -->|a| fsb2
    end
    subgraph side_a [Side]
        %%metro entry: left | a
        sia1[Side]
        sia2[Out]
        sia1 -->|a| sia2
    end
    subgraph middle [Middle]
        m1[Process]
        m2[Out]
        m1 -->|b| m2
    end
    subgraph target [Target]
        %%metro direction: RL
        %%metro entry: right | a
        t1[Process]
        t2[Out]
        t1 -->|a| t2
    end
    fsa2 -->|a| t1
    fsa2 -->|a| sia1
    fsb2 -->|a| t1
    fsb2 -->|a| sia1

CLI command

nf-metro render examples/topologies/merge_feeder_shared_channel_gap.mmd -o merge_feeder_shared_channel_gap.svg

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