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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
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        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

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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

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              • B Offline
                blindcop
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                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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                    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
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                      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
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                          @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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