Edge won't delete

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I'm fairly new with Maya, and I've run into a problem with a lone edge that I can't delete - it seems to be made up of several short edges. It's also part of an extracted object in a different space. I have tried using the delete button, and edit mesh > delete edge/vertex with no luck. Anyone know what may have gone wrong and how I can fix it?

[Anonymous]

I believe I figured out the problem- although I don't quite understand how it happened. I was able to go through all the extra edges/vertex in this photo and delete them.

[mspeer]

Hi!

It's hard to tell from screenshots what's wring here.

For further help please upload a scene-file.

Please mark every answer that solves your problem as solution (also if it's you own message), so others interested in this thread will get a better overview.

[Anonymous]

I am uploading the scene file along with this post. I thought I figured it out but whatever I did seemed to cause a chain reaction and I have a lot of strange edges now. If you look at the scene file you'll notice a lot of stray edges in inside head and neck of the dog. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

You have multiple vertices/edges on top of each other which lead to faces with zero area.

Correct theses problems. Use Edit Mesh -> Merge (Vertices), that should remove most or all problems.

[Anonymous]

This worked! Thank you!