[Request] Edge loop Selection
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I've seen this request a number of time - but I wonder do people have such clean geometry that it actually works. These other 3D apps to which people refer to usually allow for non-coplanar quads. While SU doesn't do this - significantly decreasing the usability for such a selection feature. The geometry need to be regular in its construction in order to determine the direction of the next edge to select.
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Probably a gross over-simplification, but can't you grab the next connected edge whose angle between the current edge is less than a specified angle?
As you say, regular geometry is required. It would not work so well on sub-divided mesh.
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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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@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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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...
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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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@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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@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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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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@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"? -
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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SketchUV and Profile Builder have this tool
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On the quadface tools, there is select loop button.
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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 -
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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