http://goleafsgo.cgsociety.org/blog/ if you scroll down to the script "select every n edge," while it doesn't do quite what your looking for it's a great script to have in your arsenal. You might be able to figure something out with it close to the selection type you are wanting
I think what he wants is maybe useful scripts and plugins that maya has? Tago, I recommend Nex. it has a lot of nice features and is a great addition to maya's tool set.
tnx man! i was thinking ...cuz i've seen how this one guy did it in xsi, and he saw it someone do it in maya and thats where he saw it. so i thought maybe do a selection invert it and then grow....idk, but fowlers scripts may help
Thank you guys many of your reply's! It is really great! My biggest let down is that I'm so used to model in Modo, that i just miss Modo's selection features. but by complex modeling i meant modifying your geometry using different selections functions and macro, which I extensively use when modeling in Modo. But for the…
Well, I mean complex modeling and selection tools in general. I'm mean there is got to me more than the tools that are in mesh menu. And Bonus tools are good. And Nex is a great addition. And I use that all and it gives me great results. But XSI has some great features, liek selection feautures and all that. Just watch…