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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

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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 Offline
                    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
                          last edited by

                          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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