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I have to objects that im tring to fit together. the first object is completed and smoothed. the second object, will sit on top of the first object. do i need to match each vertice of the second object with the first or can i somehow bleed the two together and only weld a couple vertices?

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Well, there are a variety of solutions:

1. You can have multiple meshes intersecting one another without causing any problems whatsoever. The idea that game models have to be one continuous mesh is a myth, insofar as most modern game engines is concerned. So just have the second object sticking into the first- no big deal, so long as you aren't wasting a lot of polygons that way.

2. You can laboriously remove verts and join things one point at a time.

3. You can scrap the model and start over again, using NURBs surfaces (which you can do boolean operations with) or a better plan.

Hmm. Which one of these plans is easy?

Compound objects - Booleans - Reunion (if I understanded correct the problem).

But he's working with a pair of meshes. Can you do that with Max? I guess that's one area where Rhino3D is kind've primitive... can't wait for 4, they're going to make mesh editing far more robust...

Yep, and with Maya too

I'm always used to working with NURBs until I mesh it at the very end... very different process

thx fellas!

much appreciated.

We were liberated from the fold, that's all, and the world looks the same. And history isn't changed, we're all just part of the game.

just one other thing though, will i have to weld anyplace on the 2 meshes or does the program remember the vector and hold it in place or something? and btw, im taking option number 1 lol, i may look into the boolean later, but for now this will work

We were liberated from the fold, that's all, and the world looks the same. And history isn't changed, we're all just part of the game.