Select every other edge?

[Anonymous]

Hello, guys.

Can anybody remind me the script in MEL how to select every other edge?

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Simply call:

InvertSelection;

[Anonymous]

Thanks, but it not what I want.

"Invert selection" - just inverting the selection.

But i want to select one face (or edge) - then one skip - again select - again skip...etc..

[mspeer]

Hi!

There is nothing like "select every nth component" in Maya.

[Anonymous]

there was a script for Maya 2015 or 2016 i don`t remember

[Anonymous]

This script should do it, maybe there are better ways, not sure. 

// Get node of selected edge
string $nodeName = "pSphereShape1";
 
// First/Starting edge index 
int $edgeStart = 0; 

// Get the number of edges from the node
int $edgeCount[] = `polyEvaluate -edge $nodeName`;

if (size($edgeCount) > 0)
{
    // Clear the selection
    select -clear;
    
    int $e;
    
    // Loop through all edges and add every second edge to the selection
    for ($e = $edgeStart; $e < $edgeCount[0]; $e += 2)
    {
        select -add ($nodeName + ".e[" + $e + "]");
    }
}

[Anonymous]

thank you, i`ll try it.

[Anonymous]

Hey,

You can use these depending on what you need to select. Select an edge and execute.

polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeRing" 2;

polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeLoop" 2;

Cheers,

Fearwar

[mspeer]

Hi!

In Maya 2018 for command polySelect there is a new option -everyN.

[PixelDeluxe]

Cheers for that, it worked perfectly!

[Anonymous]

where it is? i can`t find

[Roland.Reyer]

In the Bonus Tools for Maya 2018 you find it under "Modelling->Select every Nth Edge in a Loop/Ring"

The Bonus Tools can be found here: https://area.autodesk.com/bonustools/

[Anonymous]

thanks a lot

[nandooo_]

You are a genius!

Is that possible to make this script work also for selecting every other face and vertex?

[Anonymous]

This guy...

Do you have a solution for faces as well perhaps?

[Anonymous]

with latest Bonus tool its very simple to select every n- edge, it have this tool

[JHShark]

Found this blog:

http://mayazest.blogspot.se/2017/07/select-every-other-edge-loop.html

Worked in Maya 2018.

Test selecting an edge and using this:

polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeRing" 2;

[Anonymous]

Nice solution, looks like mine 🙂

[JHShark]

Ah true, missed it 😛

[Anonymous]

I have 2018 and 2019 LT. I ran the MSI and was informed that install was successful but it does not show up in 2019 and I have no way of really knowing if it worked for 2018 as I already have bonus tools installed for 2018 and am not familiar enough with it to know if any changes were made.