Is combining surfaces enough?

[Anonymous]

Hello guys,

please I'm trying to get more and more experience with modeling and hard surfacing. And now I feel I am stuck with pure basic question. I make models (as a junior) for games and I still have some struggles with combining surfaces and hard surface. I am still wondering, if its necessary to unite whole geometry or if its enough to just combine surfaces? 

For example, I have a chair and there is metal part. Maybe something like this: 

May I just create this shape and then just combine it or I have to edit the middle part and connect that "legs"? What happend if I just insert shapes into middle part? Problem with lighting/rendering? 

Sorry for this question, I am trying to find it but can't find anything related. You will help me so much. Thanks. 

[damaggio]

It’s better to keep the main parts separate and easier for texturing, once the asset is finished you can take a combine copy to the game engine.

[Anonymous]

Im still not sure. I'll try to send picture. 

So there are a few parts, it will be metallic. And I just want to be sure, if I understand.. that my final work could look like this. Like two surfaces overlapping, but not be really connected in one model. For sure, I will apply Combine at the end, but I want to just know, if only Combine will be good. 🙂 

[damaggio]

Yes, that's fine.

[damaggio]

yes,that's fine.