Any Different Ways to Select......

[gkanz]

Hello Again. Can someone please tell me if there are any other ways of selecting numerous Polygons ( vertices, edges ) than the usual "rectangle drag out" method? Any "paint" or "lasso" methods? And just one more thing: Are there any tools that will let you "quad divide" polygons other then the "Slice" method? Again, any help would be most appreciated. P. gk

[Stephen Thomas]

Yes, just hold onto the selection region icon and a pull down menu will appear with a variety of options. As for the other thing, add an edit poly modifier, select your poly and hit the tesselate button.

[DanGrover]

Hi,

 

Holding down left click over the dotted square symbol button two buttons to the left of the move tool in the toolbar allows you to choose various ways of selecting, including lasso. And I believe the quad-divide tool you're looking for can be done a few ways. On a per-polygon level, try hitting the Tesselate button within edit poly. Over the entire mesh, if you add a 'Subdivide' modifier, this should have the same effect. Or the tesselate modifier. Or the Quadify Mesh modifier. The options are endless and confusingly overlapping!

 

Edit: Damn my having the window open for 20 minutes!

[Peter M. Gruhn]

In past I've seen Tesselate default to a non-zero tension. So watch out for that.

Subdivide modifier is not a guaranteed perfect quad divider. I'd say it is more likely to fail.

[gkanz]

The first thing I have to say is how great all of you people have been with the help I've been getting to all of my inquieries. I've been to forums for many different programs and this one ranks up there. You all are making the learning of this pretty amazing program so much easier. Peace and good health to all. Thanx, again. gk