OOPS
>>Here, do this….add a sphere. Enter points mode. Pick DRAG BOX selection
method. Shift select the middle three cross-sections. Delete them. Now enter
edge mode. Shift select the bottom cross-section of the top hemisphere.
Select SET EDGE LINE. Now Shift select the top cross-section of the bottom
hemisphere. Select FILL TO EDGE LINE. This will connect the two hemispheres
with faces.<<
Here's where another beginner might help. I had trouble because I didn't
DEselect my first edge line before selecting the second. I kept getting the
error message that some edges were in both sets. It's implict in your
directions above, but if you keep the shift down between the two selections,
you'll have a problem. Perhaps this is Darin's problem, but maybe not.
Michael