Advice on More Control in Maya Multicut

gene098

Hey all,

Does anyone know how I can make faster selections for Multicut in Maya?

I would like something where I can select one edge then select another and have Maya auto connect the edges

(I dont want the select by edgeloops because I want more specific control)

Also I would like for the Multicut to stop going off the current edges of the model like how the orange line moves off the blue lines of the model

gene098

Any ideas?

onionhead_o

in your case i would use connect tool instead. Ctrl + left click for multiCut will create a loop, but it will go through the entire edge ring that goes around instead of the specified edge rings.

gene098

onionhead_o said:

in your case i would use connect tool instead. Ctrl + left click for multiCut will create a loop, but it will go through the entire edge ring that goes around instead of the specified edge rings.

Is there anyway to get specific select edgeloop instead of that auto edgeloop?

onionhead_o

for Multi-Cut not that i know of. Is there any specific reason why you cant use Connect Tool?

gene098

onionhead_o said:

for Multi-Cut not that i know of. Is there any specific reason why you cant use Connect Tool?

Well currently what Im trying to do is to use the Multicut tool to Extract Faces and essentially cut the ear off the model so 

I can redo a retopology of the ear and then reconnect the edges back to the rest of the model