Is there a way in Max to select faces that are mapped to a 0 pixel ratio? In maya you can use selection constraints to do this, is there a maxscript or something similar to do this in Max??
This should only happen when you're double-clicking an edge while in select mode. If you use the polySelectContext you'll notice that double-clicking does not select border edges. To select a single row of border edges use Select > Select Contiguous Edges.
so your wanting to see what material in the hypershade editor is applied to the currently selected object? well open the attribute editor, select the object, than in the tabs at the top select the materials tab and click select at the bottom, and it will select the material it's self, and highlight it in hypershade.
In the Materials tab, in color mode. I have a very tough, to near impossible time trying to select a color section and have it actually select the correct selection. 95% of the time it only changes the background and the other 5% it selects some other selection set.
If you open the hypershade and right click in the graph view you can select "graph materials on viewport selection" from the marking menu - this will bring up the material for whatever you have selected
VB. As for selecting like that, it's kind of like zbrush where you have to encompass the entire face to select it, at least by default. "When selecting polygon or edge components, the behavior is controlled by the Surround Polygons and Surround Edges options under Rectangle Select Options in your Tools > Select…
@ Vig: Hinge from Edge is called "Wedge" in the Edit Mesh menu. Selection Sets are called "Quick Select Set", to make one select what you want, then go Create > Sets > Quick Select Set. To select one, go Edit > Quick Select Sets, then select one of the ones you've made. It'll also appear in the outliner as a dark blue…
I just started learning Modo a few days ago and am having problems when trying to clone selected faces. The problem is that the clone tool does not select the newly created faces and instead stays on the same selection it had before the clone command was used. I tried to write a script to select the new faces but it gives…