Convert Object to Mesh

[Ann1]

Hi again
I am now halfway through Video 8.5 of Grant’s Create your own Game world and I am now stuck. Grants says to select all of one roof and then right click and select convert to mesh. I have no idea what version he has used for this course but I am currently using Blender 2.83 due to computer restraints.
I have attached 2 screenshots. When I right click I have no convert at all. I have searched on Goggle but I am unable to find anything re the objects just about curves and text.
Any ideas on how to do this in Blender 2.83.

Thank you

Ann

[FedPete]

Hi ann,

I didn’t do tthis course. But converting objects to a mesh is only for generated mesh objects like text, (bezier) cuves,
So it depends on how the roof is constructed. Which I do not know.

If you have an roof (part) object, constructed with an curve, etc. Then you can convert it to a mesh, losing the possibility to easily edit the text and or curve/spline … Best to backup you file.
If the feature isn’t present then, it’s probably already a mesh.
To see an objects mesh, go into edit mode, where you can drag vertices around.
If those aren’t there, you’ve have to convert it into a mesh.

I hope this will help you understanding the issue.

General Q&A note

Help us all to help you.
Please give full screenshots with any questions. With the relevant panels open.
This can be done by Blender itself, via the ‘Window’ menu bar top left-hand side.
On that menu dropdown is ‘save screenshot’.

[FedPete]

@Ann1

I am currently using Blender 2.83 due to computer restraints.

Is this video card related? Because latest versions of Blender should work on old systems. And you don’t need a high end video card (even for Cycles).

You can have multiple version of Blender installed (each blender install is in a different folder), so you can try the latest version.

Have fun!

[Ann1]

Hi FedPete

Thank you so much for your prompt reply. All of the roof including the plaster end has been created using mirror modifiers except for the top main beam. Everything started out either as a cube or plane and has been modeled into beams and the plaster end. Grant tried to join all the roof items but got a message saying there was no active object. When he made one of the items the active one and tried to join the items all moved in different directions much like my first post image. So he said to select all of one roof’s items and then right click and convert to mesh which after reading your reply I do not understand the reasoning for this . Truthfully I am nearly at the stage of just dropping the rest of this course and mark it off as a loss. Once again many thanks FedPete.
Ann

[FedPete]

Don’t give up. We’ve all had those moments.

what grant is trying to do is making one single object, containing all parts of the house! So that you can easily duplicate it and reuse it else where.

show your work in wire frame mode.

1. Make a copy of your file as backup!
2. Apply all modifiers, losing mirror etc… for each object
3. Select a roof part and also body house (roof is orange, house is yellow)
4. With those two selected, press j for join, it should be one mesh object now
5. repeat this for other parts

Grant tries to do this in one step and it should work. but in your project not. So do it in small steps and try to find/understand the problem you’ve confronted with.

[Ann1]

Thank you FedPete,

[Megane_Wang]

I would follow what @FedPete explained; I remember having had some modifiers still to be applied in some objects and having a similar issue.

In fact, I wanted to add that you should also check that you have applied all transforms, rotations, scaling to all the items you want to join and convert to a mesh (select the object and Ctrl+A, then select each thing one by one just in case something goes unexpectedly, which happened to me a few times with those lessons ).

[Ann1]

Hi FedPete and Megane_Wang,

I followed your directions and I now have all of the 1st roof joined as one object.

I will do the same with the 2 remaining roofs.

Thank you ever so much for your help. It is much appreciated.

Ann

[NP5]

With the object selected, in the top menu bar Object then has Convert, and a arrow to the list of options one of which is to Mesh.
It might be that it did not use to be on the right click menu in older versions of Blender.
However you seem to have got a solution to work, well done.

[Ann1]

Hi NP5 I did find that under the Object bar top menu but when I clicked on convert the options were greyed out but as you say I have sorted it thanks to everyone’s help.

Cheers

Ann