Select face loops script?

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I wish I could select face loops & rings similar way as shown in the gif below. So If you have 2 faces and run the script it would select the face loop & ring toward th selected direction. Also if multiple selections the rings / loops would be selected for each selection.

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The default one in blender seem to be selecting only edges. And for the face loops you need to select each one by one. I wonder if there is any easy way to do something like this with Python? Maybe there is existing python script that does something like that?

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Edit : Oops sorry i missed that you were looking for a python solution.

Hello ! I think you missed a shortcut. In Face select mode, ALT + Left Click on the face in the general direction you want the loop to go to select a face loop.

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Once a loop is selected, ALT + SHIFT + Left click on another one to select both.

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It looks like this is what you might be looking for: https://github.com/Jrome90/Multi-Faceloop-Select

after installing the addon you can find it by searching (F3) for “mesh.multi_faceloop_select ▸Select Multiple Face Loops”
From there you can add it to your quick favorites, or assign a hotkey.

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Thanks, tried this one and its almost it but the problem is that it only selects one direction / only loops. What I had in Modo was basically any direction loop or ring just select 2 faces and it will select the whole loop towards that direction.

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I think these operations work only by click. I would prefer the loop select to be operation you can run once selection is made. For example I might need to select 15 face loops for specifoc pattern. I would pattern select the pattern then extend selection to loops. For me it would feel wrong clicking those loops one by one.

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Not really a solution (too much moves*) but:
This addon** have additional selection scripts for edges, including “Select Rings”.

So basically it would be:

  1. Selecting edges which will define direction of the face loops
  2. Select Rings script
  3. Ctrl+3 (in industry compatible keymap) for convert edges selection to faces

*i believe i saw exactly the same function in some free addon, but i cant remember which one.
** i didnt test it, but probably it can be wrapped as a macros in Pie Menu Editor (https://blendermarket.com/products/pie-menu-editor)

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Maybe you already saw this one, but if not, it looks it have exactly what you looking for: