connecting to polygons

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 11-05-2006 , 02:38 AM

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can anyone tell me how to combine two polgons together...what i did was select one then the other while holding shift but one is green and the other is white and then i go to booleans and press union but it tells me that two must be select in order for the operation to work???? weird i dont know help please

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# 2 11-05-2006 , 03:03 AM

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Booleans are used to interpret suface overlaps, not to actually join or generate new geometry.

Select both then go to the menu POLYGONS-> COMBINE

then they will be 1 object. Note that you will still have to merge the verticies that touch when you put them together.

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