help in welding vertices

[ishwar]

Hi people ,

I am using 3ds max 8, and i want to know , how to weld vertices that lie on the same point in the 3d space, :confused:

this is very easy in blender 3d :) , but its a nuisance in 3ds , because to weld vertices , you first have to select them first, :mad14:

what do i do when i have several hundred thousand vertices, in which 2 more of them lie on the same point?

Any suggestions? Thanks a lot,

Ishwar :super:

[3dcircle]

select two vertices and in your modify panel (on the right) look for the button that says Weld and that's it you are done.

Edit: If you know how to select vertices...

what the guy upwords to me said..

[Anhar Miah]

Box select, drag from two points to make a box/rectangle to select the target verts, then hit weld (sometimes, the threshold might be needed to be upped)

[animore]

you can also click on target weld then click on one vertice and then the second then your done.get-r-done.

[Helicase]

I use the vertex snap to snap the vertexes on top of eachother. Then i made a hotkey for my weld vertex (POLY) so when ever i press W the highlighted vertexes are then welded together.

[amitjersy]

Hello Ishwar, I m Indian here, Try to increase the distnace value, Increase it untill Vertices will not weld.

[riojohn]

HI,

Select one of the objects you want to add together. Collapse into "editable poly", Under the edit tab , click on the button that says attach. Now you will have a list of meshes that you can attach, select the ones you want to attach, Now they're one mesh and you can weld them just as you would any other mesh. There are different weld types, but i usually use the one under the edit tab under the "editable polygon" menu/modifier.
However, you may have to remove some faces to be able to weld together some meshes. For example, two boxes side by side, if you want to connect them, to where you will have four verts welded, you will need to remove the face on each box that is on the side to be welded. This is because you can't weld verts together and try to seal up a mesh where there are faces. The faces must go, then you have empty space to weld to.

Thank you....