Quote - Then, in my alternative, in the Assembly Room, use Boolean Union?
(More ways to skin the cat!)

Didn't work. That's why I was beating my head against the wall. I thought that's what I'd done before(albeit with a much, much lower-count mesh), and I got several boolean errors before it finally refused to even preview render it and crashed. An attempt to Group them resulted in a similiar, but more spectacular failure.

I wish I had gotten a screenshot of it, now that I think about it. Was kinda funny.

I'm going to get off my soapbox now, and let you get back to your day