I want to merge the pipe and the bottom part together so it looks like the pipe is welded to it. I tried merging using ALT + M but the result is not good. How can I do this?
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1What you need is Boolean. Boolean merges 2 mesh together geometrically. The blending profile between the merge is a bit harder to achieve if you don't know how to do it manually. But it isn't too hard when you understand how, it just take lots of time. – TeaCrab Aug 06 '17 at 18:11
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1"First off, ask yourself if you really need those two pipes connected?" - https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/27386/2217 and How to create proper displacement for weld joints? – David Aug 06 '17 at 20:57
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Is the weld being shown in closeup detail or does it distance faint impressions? – atomicbezierslinger Aug 06 '17 at 21:05
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Create Hole. Mesh LoopTools Addon. Extrude and Shape.
- Simplified Shapes. A Box representing your lantern.
- Suggestion change your mesh model construction technique as indicated below.
- Faces Removed. Counting edges to match a destination shape. Appropriate vertex density.
- Square hole shaped to circular with LoopTools Circle.
- Extruded. Shaped with Proportional Edit. We see a continous well shaped extrusion rather than two meshes islands intersecting.
- Now you can align the base with the two (side supports) to create a continuous surface. You can use Bridge Edge Loops for that. This is not shown but is certainly shown here at BSE on other questions.
- Weld Pattern Options
- Torus modified with Proportional Edit / Displacement Textures as an optional separate Mesh.
- Higher (localized) vertex density for weld patterns
- Texture paint
- Not Recommended Particle System unless Spheres
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Clip-On Weld
If your case allows, you might add a modified torus with appropriate vertex density.
- The single crease is proportional edit.
- The more bumpy area is a Displace Modifier.
- The Torus is a separate object above and covers the joint area. Just like some you would see at a hardware store.
- You can improve and spend more time to be more Artistic.
- No effort or time was taken in the image above to be Artistic.
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Used a Boolean modifier on the tube with the Union operation to fuse it to the bottom part
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This only works if both are separate objects, which doesn't appear to be the case. It will also invariably leave bad topology. – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Aug 07 '17 at 00:30
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They are separate objects, and that actual lantern will not be seen from a few meters away so it won't be apparent – Milen Pivchev Aug 07 '17 at 13:53