Why won't my LOOP Selection work?

[Michael J. Brown]

Okay, so I've been having this difficulty on a regular basis throughout all versions of Max (currently using 2010). No matter whether I am performing this operation on a (closed) line extruded into a solid or just an un-modified standard primitive Box, 9 times out of 10 the Loop function within the Edge selection mode of Edit Poly just will not work. I end up having to just go and select all my connecting edges by hand.

 

Is there some toggle I need to uncheck somewhere to get Loop to work on a consistent basis?

[Thablanch]

Cause they are not a loop..

Exemple, a primitive box.. lets pretend you select the top right edge, click loop, Max has no idea if you want to loop the top part or the right part of the primitive.

 

The trick.. you select the top poly, ctrl+click edges, and all of the surrounding edges are now selected...Same thing for an extruded shape, when converted to poly.