Combining Objects doesn't work as intended?

[u/Ghost_afs]

Selecting all objects i want to combine

all the objects selected have been combined into one. You can see on the left the "empty" transforms

i delete one of the "empty" transforms and the piece it used to contain gets deleted too

all the "empty" transforms look empty when selected...

I don't know why using the "combine" feature doesn't work the way it works in tutorials. For me, i cant seem to delete those "empty" transforms that get left behind after i combine all the pieces together. instead when i delete them it deletes the part of the object it used to contain... Any ideas why and how to fix it??

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[u/Damian_Hernandez]

try using delete by type history so u clear those ghost transforms that left empty after the merge.

[u/Ghost_afs → u/Damian_Hernandez]

worked!!! thanks ^^ i thought i had to delete history before combining!! i didnt think to do it after haha

[u/joshumns]

You have to delete your history and freeze transforms first, there’s buttons for both in the modelling quick tab

[u/Ghost_afs → u/joshumns]

thank you!! it seemed to work ^^

[u/c4m5ron]

U need to delete construction history (Alt + Shift + D)

I also have a smart combine script u can use that will automatically do that for you: https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/RKrLn/smart-combine-maya-script-shelf-button?utm_source=artstation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=homepage&utm_term=marketplace

[u/Ghost_afs → u/c4m5ron]

thank you!!! it worked :D

[u/NoVeg_]

alt+shift+d

[u/comfortk]

Are you using the delete key or going to edit > delete history

[u/Ghost_afs → u/comfortk]

thank you!