Joining Polygons

Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

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# 1 19-05-2003 , 12:48 AM

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How do you join 2 polygon surfaces, like 2 cubes, so that they become 1 surface?

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# 2 19-05-2003 , 01:06 AM

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Polygons > Combine. user added image

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# 3 19-05-2003 , 04:11 PM

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yup Polygons>Combine

u might also want to merge vertices or edges in order to cover any unsightly seams

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# 4 19-05-2003 , 05:06 PM

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booleans

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# 5 20-05-2003 , 06:12 AM

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eeek, dont mention booleans !!! They mess up your surfaces!

Carsten Lind
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LEGO Systems A/S

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# 6 20-05-2003 , 06:14 AM

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99% of the time the way to chose is to do

polygons > Combine
open the surfaces by deleting faces
then merge the edges and vertices on the polys..

This gives much more control and a lot prettier surfaces

Carsten Lind
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Maya Software Manager & Maya Instructor
LEGO Systems A/S

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# 7 20-05-2003 , 07:26 PM

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100% agree with that.. i used to use booleans but now i lothe them. I guess its exactly the same if you use union and the mesh's arnt touching .. but then again... why take the risk... polygons>combine =D

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