I Need Help In 3DS Max...

how do you merge shapes in 3DS Max? I got a rough idea it's the Merge Compound thing but how do you use the tool? I'm pulling out my hair here!

..read the accompanying manual? Oh wait...

i think cybling might be on to something... snicker snicker RTFM

ahahaha...he aint on nothing, I'll read the manual but it prolly wont help much.

Originally posted by satanclaus
I'll read the manual but it prolly wont help much.

Are you for real?

yes, i read the manual....it tells you how to use the merging thing, but doesn't explain the thing i want...and I found out it's not the tool i want. I need something that makes lava-lamp style merging thing...like metaballs.
any suggestions?

Metaballs by nature join when they are in each other's vicinity. Even in the editor window you should see your two spheres merge when in a metaball..just look under metaballs in your manual.

Hehe, giggles @ Cyb. (should read "laughs at not spoken accusations")

Satanclaus, we've all been there, i think. I do have 3DSM aswell, but can't help. 'Cuz I can't really figure that manual out either, it's to...eh...general in some way...I don't know how to put this in english...When I want to get help or advice in a situation, the manual really don't help me (or I'm just plain dumb) with that specific thing I'm after...just what tools I should be using or somethin like that...Ah, nev'a mind me...

Go find tutorial sites and go from there, that's what I do...

manuals are like bibles for graphic programs.... they have the answer for almost anything, so RTFM