To create the mesh I used the line tool and made sure both settings were on creation method where selected corner. I also added the magnet tool to snap all the lines together to make and closed all line in to polygons.Sometimes the lines would not let me click where I wanted to so I had to edit the thickness of the vertex.
To convert the mesh into a surface I select a part of the mesh went to editable poly and attached all of the lines listed. I then attach all the edges to that I used the edit vertices (editable poly) to weld all the vertexes together.