Sewing / Stitching Edges Together with the Weld Feature

The Welding rollout lets you specify how to sew or stitch edges together. Welding is cumulative in that after you weld the result is kept and used again after you adjust the parameters. In general, start with a Tolerance Scale value of 1.0 (the default) and increase it.

  1. Select an object to weld, access the Edge sub-object level on the Modify panel, and activate Wireframe display mode.
  2. On the Editable Body Object rollout, click the Welding button.

    This opens the Welding rollout.

  3. Choose the desired Result Type option.
  4. Set the Tolerance Scale value and any options.
  5. Click the Weld Now button and, at the bottom of the rollout, check the number of open and welded edges.
  6. If necessary, adjust the Tolerance Scale value and other options.
  7. Click Apply to save results to the Body Object or Cancel to revert to original Body Object. Either command also closes the Welding rollout.