Could Not Merge Vertices! Please Help!

[ckchan]

hello!

i'm using Maya 7 unlimited, and i'm making a model of a helmet.. i deleted the original half to make a perfect mirror image of the right half.. Duplicate Options settings:

but when i'm trying to merge the vertices again.. nothing happens..- if i try to pick all the vertices near the partition, they all merge in the center... please help.

thanks in advance!

[knowyouremeny]

Ok... I'm not a maya pro or anything, but if you select all of those vertices and then tell it to do a merge, what is the program supposed to think? It thinks you want to merge all of them into one vertex, which is what you said it does.

You should select pairs of vertices that are supposed to match up and then try to merge them one at a time.

Of course, if you do this, it's going to fill in the space in between the two vertices, so you might want to select one entire half, pointsnap the pivot to one of the vertices along the inside edge, and then pointsnap that pivot to its corresponding vertex in the mirrored duplication. That way, when you get around to merging the vertices, it won't change the shape of the helmet at all.

[user_deleted]

when you duplicate create a copy, not an instance.
then, select your two objects, choose poly > combine.
then select your vertices and choose edit poly > merge vertices.
you cannot merge vertices from seperate objects.

[ckchan]

hello!

QUOTE(knowyouremeny @ 06/03/06, 08:17 AM) [snapback]238972[/snapback]
You should select pairs of vertices that are supposed to match up and then try to merge them one at a time.

i have done that already (by pairs), still nothing happens.. i believe it is because of the 'instance' opitions.. the point being, (the instructions said) it will mirror whatever i'm doing on the other side, so i do not have problems with symmetry; otoh, nothing happens when i try to merge them, even by pairing them one at a time...

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Of course, if you do this, it's going to fill in the space in between the two vertices, so you might want to select one entire half, pointsnap the pivot to one of the vertices along the inside edge, and then pointsnap that pivot to its corresponding vertex in the mirrored duplication. That way, when you get around to merging the vertices, it won't change the shape of the helmet at all.

ok i'm going to try this one - 1 question: how do i point snap? i just started with an exercise book a few days ago, .. U

thank you for replying..

QUOTE(silk @ 06/03/06, 08:23 AM) [snapback]238973[/snapback]
when you duplicate create a copy, not an instance.
then, select your two objects, choose poly > combine.
then select your vertices and choose edit poly > merge vertices.
you cannot merge vertices from seperate objects.

Hello silk!

well according to the book, in order for me to not worry about symmetry and mispaired vertices, i should set it on instance... but i'll try your recommendation. thanks!

[knowyouremeny]

To snap objects:

figure out which point on each object you want to snap together... we'll call them vertexA and vertexB

click on vertexA's parent (objectA or whatever) and press W to bring up the move tool

press insert (allows you to move the pivot)
hold v (which does point snapping), and then snap the pivot to vertexA with the middle mouse button
let go of v, and press insert again, to go back to moving the object instead of the pivot

now, your object will be anchored at your new pivot. hold v again, and snap it to vertexB with the middle mouse button.

Now, your objects are snapped together. Join them, group them, or leave them seperate.

[joojaa]

The thing should Be very clear idf you clicked on (option) box next to the merge vertex menu item. IN genaral you shlould allways initialy chek what the options are because maya remebers whats set last.

The most clear problem is that the treshold distance is set way too small. So if its set to 0.001 it will only snap points together that are at MOST 0.001 units appart. Set this to 1000000 and itll definitevely snap them all to ONE vertex.

HOwever in this case id gridsnap the points to the exact center (x + seelecting the directional handle, with no keep relative move option on), because threshold increase can have a nasty habit of merging unwanted points. HOWEVER its better to use merge mutiple edges thatn points because its not as prone to the wrong snapping problem

[knowyouremeny]

I found a site with a lot of tutorials, and this guy shows exactly how to merge edges: http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital\_tutor...o.php?v=144&f=q

[ckchan]

ok - i think i have it all figured out now-.. thank you very much! XD