Ohh no no - of course you can select a poly with your poly tool like any other program. I'm just saying you can convert any selection into any other selection by holding the Alt Key! I think it modo also remembers what you had selected in each selection type.. so select some verts, switch over to poly make some selections…
I am a new Modo user (Been using Maya for years) and I can't seem to find a way to select through objects in Modo. It will only select the objects/components that are not obscured by anything. While I can see a place for this, I would still like to, say, select the vertices on both sides of an object in one swipe. Is there…
I think I understand what was happening. In modo you have to drag the select marquee to cover the whole face before selecting it, unlike Maya, where you only have to select a portion of the face to select it. I don't know if this seems better for my workflow, but I guess I have to just accept it for now.
Yea it does that with edges - no idea why! But Use convert selections - frigging awesome btw - select anything, a poly for example, hold down alt and then hit another selection type... vert, edge or ALT + 1,2,3 etc etc - maybe not so useful for this but general all round useful. Another thing to try for selections is…
Okay i can work around it, but it would be really cool if i could drag select polygon faces through an object, while partialy selecting said polygon faces.
You can switch this up in the preferences. System > Preferences > Selection > Partial Polygon Selection Secondly if your coming from maya check out... System > Preferences > Remapping > Mouse Input Presets Maya (Navigation only) Navigation only is best, really helped me with the switch over.
So I actually still have this issue. If i middle click and drag with my mouse, it selects through just fine. But since I am on a cintique I am using a pen. The pen button I have set to middle click doesn't select anything when I click and drag.