I've designed a basic solid object that was then copied about an axis using the circular pattern feature.  My question is, is it possible to merge these now five seperate objects into a single solid object?  The reason I ask is it may be converted into sheetmetal, and a single object would make turning it into a flat pattern a bit more efficient in terms of the design process.

This is being designed in Solidworks 2011.

Thanks in advance,

-Tyler