Hello, I’m a Modo user and currently looking towards Blender. By now I’ve discovered a ton of awesome features in Blender. However, I couldn’t find some pipeline equivalents with the selection methods in Modo. I will be very grateful if anybody can help me to find out how to do the same in Blende…

Some sort of solution for №1: Using edges instead of faces [PolyLoop_Edges] Drawback: you have to change mode to face + extra clicks To prevent switching face mode, we can use this method: [PolyLoop_Script] Drawback: it’s way-way extra clicks, and it would be better to record it for a mac…

Regarding №4 Awesome KeKit , made by Modo script developer Kjell Emanuelson, has the function for this. It’s called “Get&Set Edit Mode”

[image] Antony: Using edges instead of faces [PolyLoop_Edges] Drawback: you have to change mode to face + extra clicks I don’t understand what is going on here: this is Blender, right? What are you doing to select alternate Edges there? And then selecting loops by apparent selection???

Sure, it’s Blender. Unfortunately Blender doesn’t have face loop selection for multiple faces (I hope yet). So I had to use edges instead. The algorithm: select an edge pattern select edge rings convert the selected edges into polygons (Ctrl+3)

Thanks for the reply, I learned a lot. [image] Antony: convert the selected edges into polygons (Ctrl+3) Do you know what the official name for this function is? When I look up the assigned hotkey, I see this, which to me is not a lot of help: [meshSelect] EDIT: Additionally, I’m surpri…

Hi, I have an addon made for selection. While it only has the same options as blender, it makes doing certain repetitive selections faster. There’s also a list of many addons I plan dding buttons for Select panel And there’s this addon as well for raycast select. Ray Cast Selection

[image] Jeric_Synergy: Do you know what the official name for this function is? I guess it’s the same as shown at your screenshot. [image] Jeric_Synergy: Additionally, I’m surprised to see that if you select just one Edge in a cylinder like pictured, hitting CTRL+3 selects TWO faces. wuw…

Thank you! I’ll try this addon. Do you know any workaround for №2: “Fill the selection area underneath the mouse”? I couldn’t find any :roll_eyes:

[image] Smart Select - 1.4.4 This update fixes the install issue and select mouse problems Released Scripts and Themes * Remove addon (Don’t save user preferences) Install addon, * Restart Blender Here are the latest features added: Paint selection tool + bugf…

Isn’t what the raycast select that I’ve posted does? I have it mapped to the back button on the mouse.

Advanced selection pipeline similar to Modo

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MatsuikoHiroka (MatsuikoHiroka) May 27, 2020, 5:49am 10