Dot ring/loop maya

solar · Aug 2009

Is there a mel script or easy way of selecting every other edge on a ring or loop like the dot loop function from polyboost/graphite tools in max? I'm using maya 8.

MoP · Aug 2009

Hmm, I was wondering this recently too. Basically any sort of "pattern select" stuff - like if you select 2 faces spaced apart by 2 faces, then can a "pattern select" grab every face offset by 2 in a similar way?
I might have to look into methods for this, sounds like it might not be too hard to script (if nobody has already).

fattkid · Aug 2009

Hey guys,

I actually posted this question on CG Talk a few weeks back and got some replies......

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=7&t=790077

I used Cheesestraws link

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5878934&postcount=4

and it works great, although there's a typo in it -

// for edge rings:
polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeLoop" 2 - "edgeLoop" should be "edgeRing"

malcolm · Aug 2009

Cool I just needed to do this today. I'll try this out at work tomorrow.

NAILMASK · Aug 2009

Thanks!

MoP · Aug 2009

Ah, neat, that's a good start.

I'll probably take a look at these existing scripts and see if they can be extended to a more generic thing that detects your current selection and expands based on that starting point.

solar · Aug 2009

Thanks fattkid! That sounds great MoP

mLink · Aug 2009

http://goleafsgo.cgsociety.org/blog/

Tim Fowler wrote it for someone a while back.
It's the SelectEveryNEdge script
He's got some other useful scripts too.

littleclaude · Dec 2012

Wow just what I needed thank you, it works a treat

polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeLoop" 2

Dot ring/loop maya

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