TOPIC LOCATION:     `Detail Editor`;    `Functions Menu (Detail)`

PRECEDING TOPIC:    `Delete (Detail)`
FOLLOWING TOPIC:    `Merge`

VISUAL DEMONSTRATION AVAILABLE:    `(D)_Join.demo`

Join lets you turn a group of picked objects into a single object with a
single`axis`.  Unlike`Group`, Join will make the parent object's (the
object that was first picked in the group)`attributes`effect all the
other objects that are being Joined.

NOTE:  The key difference between Join and`Group`is that objects that are
Joined will retain individual base color settings but will all share the
same`attribute`settings of`reflection`,`filter`,`specular`, etc.
Additionally, Join results in only one`axis`(the parent object's axis).
`Group`puts multiple objects together so that they can be manipulated like
a single object, but retains all individual`attributes`and axes (the
multiple axes in a group are visibly joined by`line`segments).

Join is also used during object editing to connect`points`.  When you drag
the ends of two separate lines together, and both`points`are selected,
Join will form a connected line; turning the two points into a single point
at the junction.  

