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    • ken28875K Offline
      ken28875
      last edited by

      Hi TIG,

      You're correct, "ThomThom's Selection Toys only selected face loops, that is loops composed of faces".

      Hopefully someone will manage to figure out a script for that plugin.

      Thanks,

      _KN

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      • ken28875K Offline
        ken28875
        last edited by

        @ken28875 said:

        Hi TIG,

        You're correct, "ThomThom's Selection Toys only selected face loops, that is loops composed of faces".

        Oops, I meant to reply to mitcorb, not TIG. 😄

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          It's pretty easy to switch to wire-frame or Xray mode and position your camera to view 'side on' and then use select by fence with left-right drag so only things that are wholly inside the fence get picked [as opposed to right-left drag fence making which selects everything that has just a part of itself inside the fence]
          Voila! you have the loops edges selected in 'one foul swoop'.
          If you do select something that's not wanted then remove it from the selection-set by holding down shift+ctrl and re-picking it... ❓ 💭

          TIG

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            Fredo's Hover Select has an option to "Extend selection to cofacial and aligned edges". It works to do a loop select on clean quads. Another option would be a script that I think Jim or TIG helped me with a while back called Select Edges by Z. You can pick an edge and run the script and it will pick all other edges on that Z coordinate.


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            • ken28875K Offline
              ken28875
              last edited by

              @tig said:

              It's pretty easy to switch to wire-frame or Xray mode and position your camera to view 'side on' and then use select by fence with left-right drag so only things that are wholly inside the fence get picked [as opposed to right-left drag fence making which selects everything that has just a part of itself inside the fence]
              Voila! you have the loops edges selected in 'one foul swoop'.
              If you do select something that's not wanted then remove it from the selection-set by holding down shift+ctrl and re-picking it... ❓ 💭

              Hi TIG,

              Yes, that's a method I use sometimes, but it works on simple shape like the example I showed or on model with a few details. I was hoping for a plugin that will quickly help select edge loops on complex models.

              Thanks though.

              Have a great day! ☀

              _KN

              Follow Your Dreams.

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              • ken28875K Offline
                ken28875
                last edited by

                @earthmover said:

                Fredo's Hover Select has an option to "Extend selection to cofacial and aligned edges". It works to do a loop select on clean quads. Another option would be a script that I think Jim or TIG helped me with a while back called Select Edges by Z. You can pick an edge and run the script and it will pick all other edges on that Z coordinate.

                Hey Adam,

                Thanks for the tips. I tried it but did not work so well as my model is quite complex and has lots of details.

                Take care,

                _KN

                Follow Your Dreams.

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                • B Offline
                  blindcop
                  last edited by

                  I know this is an old post to bump, but in case someone finds it my new plugin was written to do this exactly:

                  http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=61884

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                  • josephkim626J Offline
                    josephkim626
                    last edited by

                    @earthmover said:

                    Fredo's Hover Select has an option to "Extend selection to cofacial and aligned edges". It works to do a loop select on clean quads. Another option would be a script that I think Jim or TIG helped me with a while back called Select Edges by Z. You can pick an edge and run the script and it will pick all other edges on that Z coordinate.

                    Thanks for the extension that you have included.
                    would it be possible to tweak it to just include "connected edges"?

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                    • 5 Offline
                      5k18a
                      last edited by

                      Any one know what plugin is it from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4tGgOFQJQ&t=553s It's great for selecting edges in a loop.

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                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        SketchUV and Profile Builder have this tool

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                        • cengiziletenC Offline
                          cengizileten
                          last edited by

                          On the quadface tools, there is select loop button.

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                          • B Offline
                            Bruce Watt
                            last edited by

                            @cengizileten said:

                            On the quadface tools, there is select loop button.

                            Brilliant!, I have quad tools 'select' set on a shortcut. Just right click on the line and select 'selection'-> 'select loop'.
                            Many thanks, cengizileten

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                            • starshipS Offline
                              starship
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                              I´m a bit late to the party, but... While Twilight render has other main purpose, looks like in the Pro version it has tools that allows to select edge loops: https://www.twilightrender.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=187:twilight-render-tutorials-tools

                              Hope that helps.

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