When using the Connect command, for any given selected edges(s), how can you predict which direction the "Slide" setting will move the connecting edge? Is this some arbitrary thing Max chooses based on the selected edges and their relationship to one another, or is there some inherent property of the edges that can be set…
Sure, there's workarounds to get the desired results (Paint Connect, inset, etc). I was really only posing the question to see if there was something about Connect/Slide that I didn't know. I can get still get Slide to act weird by using it on ngons and flipped faces. I have no idea WTF the logic is here: