How do you join vertices and maintain shape?

I want to join vertices so that both parts remain in tact and their geometry not changed. If I select the vertex on the circle and then do “Selection -> Cursor” just that one vertex moves. I want the entire circle to move and maintain its shape. I tried to Parent the other vertices to the one vertex I want to move but Blender said that I can’t parent more than 3 vertices. Maybe I did it wrong. Parenting seems like it should work, eh?

Can someone help me with this? See attached screen shot…

Thanks.

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why dont you use the new snap to vertex option?
select the ring move your mouse to the left point
hit g and move the mouse to the point you want to move it to.

claas

Thank.

I’m still using 2.49b for now due to exporter issues with 2.53. Is there a way to do this in 2.49b? I’m thinking that parenting should work but I’m missing something.

I did fire up 2.53 and tried your method of using the g key. That is really slick but how do you get the two vertice of the circle to span exactly onto the vertice of the box?

Edit: I see that this “g” grab function is in 2.49b also? So I guess I just need to know how to snap the circle vertice to the box vertice.

Snap works in 2.49 as well. Hold Ctrl does when moving, set to vertex snapping.

Ok, I got it now. Shift-Tab to turn on vertex snap. Move object using grab, hold control to snap vertex to vertex. Excellent! Thanks guys.