A special selection function

artmusicstudio

hi skp-experts,

i am looking for a really special function.

please imagine a mesh , even turned in 3d-somehow, where you switch off all softening and can see the mesh as a grid of lines in 3d. with the selector one can delete the planes, so only a line grid remains....

now, i would like to pick up ONE line going from 1 end of the mesh grid to the other.

my mesh is 500 m high, a spiral and it is absolutely impossible to do that by hand.

so, is there a ruby, which is able to pick up one "string" of a mesh from start to end?

this would help a lot...

thanx stan

sdmitch

Could you supply a model with a sample of the spiral mesh for testing?

pilou

Depending how are your segments of spiral
if then don't touch any other a simple double click is sufficient

Else look at Selection Toys by Thomthom

if each segment of the spiral is similar take look at
select line by length by Chris Fullmer

artmusicstudio

YES, of course, thank you very much......

i prepaired an example , so let 's try...

regards stan

testfile for spiral-string-copying

artmusicstudio

@unknownuser said:

Depending how are your segments of spiral
if then don't touch any other a simple double click is sufficient

Else look at Selection Toys by Thomthom

if each segment of the spiral is similar take look at
select line by length by Chris Fullmer

thank you, i will check this. for my job the plugin must be a sort of intelligent to be able to decide, which direction the string goes, it's rather tricky. because of the geometry of a spiral a simple selection by rectangle or anything else does not work.
regards stan

TIG

Thomthom's "QuadFaceTools" [see the Plugins Index...] lets you pick connected 'loops' like your spiraling paths.
I just tested it on your faced version [it needs the faces!] and I selected the spiraling edges quite easily...

cotty

If you own the plugin SketchUV (Whaat), you can doubleclick on one line with the path select tool:

mitcorb

Hey, Pilou:
Exactly who/what popped into my mind when he mentioned spiral mesh.

pilou

Maybe you will be interested by this method for make a spiral and its selection
[flash=560,315:2lcm8c4v]http://www.youtube.com/v/pNTetL3Udkc[/flash:2lcm8c4v]

pilou

That is a very good method and very versatile
Just use the scale tool after and you will obtain an infinity varieties of spirales!

artmusicstudio

@tig said:

Thomthom's "QuadFaceTools" [see the Plugins Index...] lets you pick connected 'loops' like your spiraling paths.
I just tested it on your faced version [it needs the faces!] and I selected the spiraling edges quite easily...

hi tig, YEEEAAHHHHHH! that's it, wonderful. works perfect.

thanx stan

ps: i will also check all other tips from the other guys, thanx forhelping to all of you....

artmusicstudio

@unknownuser said:

Depending how are your segments of spiral
if then don't touch any other a simple double click is sufficient

Else look at Selection Toys by Thomthom

if each segment of the spiral is similar take look at
select line by length by Chris Fullmer

hi, yes , the thomthom - tool in quadfacetool does exactly , what i needen now.

the next search is an intelligent "follow-path" tool, i will start another topic for that

thank you very much!

stan