EDIT: Using 2011 So normally in Maya when using the Select Edge Loop Tool it selects edge loops fine. But on border edges and trying to select a loop it selects the entire border which is extremely frustrating and annoying having to then go in and unselect all unwanted edges. Dose anyone know a way to get Maya to only…
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.
Thats seems to be a silly way to look at it. That is what I would call a border. They way maya is looking at it makes the border tool worthless. Max dosnt check for 90% angles to determin if something is a loop, it bases it off quads/tris. Even if you made 2 of the edges of a quad exactly aligned it wouldn't "loop" through…