3ds max 2012, verts won't weld

Jessica Dinh

Hey guys, I'm using 3ds max 2012. I had 2 objects and I attached them and now I'm trying to weld the verts between them. Weld doesn't work, target weld doesn't work, collapse doesn't work. There shouldn't have to be a face between the verts right? Is this a known problem with max 2012, or am I just doing something wrong?

Mark Dygert

You can only weld open edges to other open edges, or verts that are connected by an edge, you might need to edit the triangulation or create an edge between the verts before you can weld.

Jessica Dinh

Ok, I had to do this a really roundabout way, but I finally got the verts to weld =_= I appreciate the response Mark!

monster

Sometimes I need to convert to an editable mesh to get things to weld properly.

Nice portfolio. I especially like the environment concepts.

gsokol

Sometimes I need to convert to an editable mesh to get things to weld properly.

I'm pretty sure that doing that is usually an ugly way to cover up the problem. Editable Mesh will allow you to create non-manifold geometry, whereas Editable Poly makes it more difficult for that to happen, which can explain why you can weld things with an editable mesh that you cant with an editable poly..

Sounds like you already found a solution Jessica, but figured I'd throw this out there anyways. Almost always, when I can't weld to verts together its because something got screwy and I ended up having multiple overlapping verts in the same spot..so make sure that isn't the case first.

Ace-Angel

May I suggest Xview? Use that to find any overlapping polies and stuff, it will save alot of headache.

Jessica Dinh

Thanks monster

Gsokol, I did check for hidden faces and overlapping verts - none for sure! But thanks for the reminder, because sometimes I do forget stuff like that.

Wow, Ace-Angel, Xview looks awesome! I will now definitely be using that haha