Ah after looking at the example images again I see that this proposed script would solve that issue without losing too much volume. I was more thinking along the lines of the problem where, if you go from a 12-sided cylinder and "collapse" every other edge (instead of "removing" every other vertex), the Collapse action…
we already have it, i use it all the time... http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/modeling/c/equalize-continuous-edges?software_version=2009 the example pic is doing it a different way, but it also has the functionality your looking for, if you select a loop is going around the tube and not down it..…
Yeah, I was just being an ass. Most people don't say what they want it for (even though it's assumed it's Max). I just like quoting "what software" because so many noobs some in here and ask a question, and people always have to ask what software in the next post. And poop is such a noob :) Also, he could have been…