Maya 2012 - select similar

Alphavader

Hey guys,

didn't find something in the internet..
Iam not a Max user, but from time to time - i feel
that Max might be the better tool for Modeling, there much more
Tutorials about modeling in Max and Plugin/UV seems to be better..
Anyway.. didn't want to discuss the max vs Maya thing again

I heard about a Max function called "select similar" .. you can select similar faces on one object.. Seems to be very usefull.. dindt find something like this on maya..
Also i use 3dcoat / RoadKill in Maya, are there nice Plugins out for Maya too ?

Cheereo

Alphavader

anyone ?

bugo

There's no select similar for Maya.
This might not be a component thing, but check this script out: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/polygon/c/he_selectsimilar

It selects the similar objects around the scene.

Although you dont have select similar components in Maya you have a BUNCH of ways of selecting things through the menu of Select Constraints. Take a look at it, read the docs for it. I do sometimes use the "area" constraint which it can be quite useful. And there's lots of more options in there for you to check.

Max and Maya are different, that's all. You sure can try doing about the same in each of them.

haiddasalami

Is this something which selects based on angle? Never used the select similar in 3ds Max

Alphavader

Thanks for your replies, the script is very usefull thanks,
but not exactly what iam looking for !

hmm no, i just tried to recreate this Plane. (thanks to scotthomer )


I only know grow selection and so on.. but is there a quick way to select all faces in between - like the image said ?

TeZzy

are you looking for something that can can skip every other edge when selecting a loop or a ring?

With edges you can do that for sure in maya, but not sure about faces.

Alphavader

no i want select all faces in the grid, without clicking all of them.
When i use grow selection, it selects also the grid-faces..
Sure i can click and maybe i get the faces in 5 minutes, but i dont thing
thats the right workflow..

bugo

u can use the area to get the faces ur looking for. The more area it has it will select the faces that have more area in effect. It's not the same algorythm but it does what you want for this specific case.

Alphavader

Hey bugo, thanks for your reply but
sorry i dont get what you mean with "the area " .,. hope you dont
mean shift+select .. Can you explan a little more, how you would
would select the "inner" faces in the grid.. not the grid itself.

TeZzy

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/modeling/poly-tools/c/select-identical-components

try this script

I think it's what you are after

EDIT: fixed link in case, thanks for pointing that out

haiddasalami

@TeZZy: you left an gttp in the hyperlink :P nice find though!

Fixed

tristamus

Sweet script for Maya there, thanks for linking to that. Big time saver.

Alphavader

Dude thank you so much ! .. Thats exactly what i mean ! ..
I just dont know, why autodesk doesnt integrate this usefull tool
into Maya.. why only Max has it ? ..
Maybe i start a Usefull Scripts for Maya thread..
There tons for Max, but i couldnt find any for Maya


Thaaanks ! Also the owner of this script has made this :
UV Script

TeZzy

Yea, I actually needed something like this script last week. I just never thought of searching for a script until this thread lol. Maya should have a lot of these tools but I guess the generous community giving away these scripts for free makes up for it.

bugo

UV Deluxe is awesome, I use it everyday. Thanks for the link TeZzy

bugo

Alphavader wrote: »

Hey bugo, thanks for your reply but
sorry i dont get what you mean with "the area " .,. hope you dont
mean shift+select .. Can you explan a little more, how you would
would select the "inner" faces in the grid.. not the grid itself.

You can still use the script TeZzy sent, but to explain what you are asking if you go to the Select -> Select Using Constraints, there's an "area" tab, play around with that.

Alphavader

bugo wrote: »

You can still use the script TeZzy sent, but to explain what you are asking if you go to the Select -> Select Using Constraints, there's an "area" tab, play around with that.

Yeah the area section, is not a oneclick solution like the
Plugin, but its nice too .. Thanks