Hey PolyHertz, don't know if you're already aware of this semi-hack: you can transform a sub-object selection by a temporary point by activating snaps and locking the current selection to transform. From 3ds Max Reference, topic: "Choosing a Transform Center"
Yeah, and about the poly stuff... - select an edge then Ctrl-click the vertex button. - Select two or more adjacent edges and hit Connect. - To slide that new edge, use the Connect dialog instead of just the button, and use the Slide spinner. Or, use the Constraints, set to Edge.
It's a little backward but you could use the material browser (get material, little arrow pointing at a sphere, left side) and set it to "scene" and then use "select by material" on the right side. It would select the objects in the scene based on the material instead of the other way around but it might work for ya.
Yep, in the customizeUI menu click the keyboard tab, set the group to Edit Poly and bind "Select Edge Loop" & "Select Edge Ring" To whatever keys you need. Then change the group to Unwrap UVW, and bind "Geom. Edge Loop/Ring Select" to the same things. Make sure to turn on Keyboard Shortcut Override (in the main toolbar it…
The older free Orionflame does this pretty well. Haven't tried it in more recent versions of Max though. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/orionflame I think LSD (Loop Select/Deselect) does this as well, can't remember. It does a great job of highlighting/selecting edgeloops/rings though.…
When I'm working I often I these "what if I could do this" moments. I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or done with the new graphire tools; but it would be cool if you could select edges like you do when making seams for pelt mapping. Like if you don't want to select a whole loop and you can just click on the first…
Hey SyncViewS, your taking requests now? 0_0 Theirs one thing in max I've been wanting for a while now: Smart loops. By that I mean, loops that take into account the unselected space between the sub-object selection. For example: polyboost (and hence max2010) have something similar with dotloop, but it only allows you to…