Easy Vertex Welding & Edge turn?

[kenpimentel]

Is there a way to easily weld verts in poly mode. I don't want to generate a new node, I just want to weld a few verts together. And how do I turn and edge so that the normals are better aligned. I guess I could just export all this to 3dsMax and do it but that just seems like backward thinking to me, there has to be a better way.

[devdoka]

Welding:

Try Model > Effect > Cleanup with the merge vertices option enabled.

Edge Turning:

I don't understand the "so that the normals are better aligned" part., but SI3D Doesn't have any edge manipulation tools. You can select and collapse edges, but not manipulate them. To simulate this, you can tag the 2 vertices defining the edge and follow up with Model > Edit > Centers2Vertices to put the object's center inbetween the points. Then, you can manipulate the edge in TAG mode.

Hope this helps.

Matt

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Matt Lind
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