https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/combining-objects-must-i-merge-vertices-edges/m-p/6604411#M20719 <P>Hi, I am new to Maya and I am creating a 3D object of pic attached&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279250i89E962FE86A3D4C5/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" alt="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" /></span></P><P>I have a can obj, half a scissor obj, and nail objs. Now, I've added them to the appropriate place on the can and selected them all and did Mesh&lt;Combine. Is this a valid way of creating it as <STRONG><U>ONE</U> </STRONG>object or must I merge vertices and all that jazz? I just feel&nbsp;I'm missing something... like it shouldn't be this easy.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="3d.PNG" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279253i6E1A36EDB1EEB5B8/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="3d.PNG" alt="3d.PNG" /></span></P> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:45:49 GMT Anonymous 2016-10-06T00:45:49Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/combining-objects-must-i-merge-vertices-edges/m-p/6604411#M20719 <P>Hi, I am new to Maya and I am creating a 3D object of pic attached&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279250i89E962FE86A3D4C5/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" alt="nail_bomb___the_last_of_us_by_nerdbutpro-d7gk9qi.jpg" /></span></P><P>I have a can obj, half a scissor obj, and nail objs. Now, I've added them to the appropriate place on the can and selected them all and did Mesh&lt;Combine. Is this a valid way of creating it as <STRONG><U>ONE</U> </STRONG>object or must I merge vertices and all that jazz? I just feel&nbsp;I'm missing something... like it shouldn't be this easy.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="3d.PNG" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279253i6E1A36EDB1EEB5B8/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="3d.PNG" alt="3d.PNG" /></span></P> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:45:49 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/combining-objects-must-i-merge-vertices-edges/m-p/6604411#M20719 Anonymous 2016-10-06T00:45:49Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/combining-objects-must-i-merge-vertices-edges/m-p/6604540#M20720 That's perfectly fine, no need to merge any vertices , it would be very time consuming to do that. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 03:26:08 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/combining-objects-must-i-merge-vertices-edges/m-p/6604540#M20720 damaggio 2016-10-06T03:26:08Z