MEL script, selected faces and edges at the same time stored in separate variables is it possible?

malcolm · Aug 2018

Hi, like the title says, is it possible to enter multi select mode, then select some edges and some faces in the viewport, then in MEL somehow store the selected edges in variable1 and store the faces in variable2.

throttlekitty · Aug 2018

These two lines will do this. I'm using filterExpand as a selection mask for the active selection in this case.

string $faceSel[] = `filterExpand -ex 1 -sm 34`;

string $edgeSel[] = `filterExpand -ex 1 -sm 32`;

Klaudio2U · Aug 2018

Check the filterExpand command. For example:

filterExpand -sm 32; // gets only edges
filterExpand -sm 34; // gets only faces

And then store only faces selection like this (can’t test it because I’m not on my PC):
string $faces[] = ‘filterExpand -sm 34’;

malcolm · Aug 2018

This is exactly what I need to improve my script. Thanks a lot guys.

MEL script, selected faces and edges at the same time stored in separate variables is it possible?

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