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Dan Ablan

"Inside LightWave v9"

Click the Construct tab and locate the Bridge tool, as shown in Figure 10.7.
Figure 10.7 The Bridge tool is located in the Construct tab??™s Combine tool category.
14. Click the Bridge tool button one time, and the selected polygons will connect, as
shown in Figure 10.8.
Figure 10.8 After you run the Bridge tool, the selected polygons are joined together.
15. The Bridge tool is a great way to weld together selected polygons, but it leaves
behind a few unwanted points. Press w to open the Statistics panel.
16. Press the spacebar to jump to Point Statistics and, at the top of the panel, you??™ll
see a listing for 0 Polygons (Figure 10.9). This represents the points associated
with 0 (zero) polygons.
Figure 10.9 The Point Statistics panel allows you to see which points in your model are
associated with which polygons.
17. Click the plus sign to the left of the 0 Polygons listing. This will select all points
that are not associated with polygons, a total of 2.
18. Close the Statistics panel, and you??™ll see the two selected points in the viewports.
Press Delete on your keyboard to remove them.
19. Save your model.


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