I guess this is a simply update that could be present in tools like, Freeze,Mask,Select Face, Select Object,Paint Weights, etc.
Actually we have the Brush, Lasso, and Box, modes for those tools. Well, will be usefull to have an poligonal area mode too, like in Photoshop, and other similar applications to select areas in the models.
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