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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 10:33:58 -0700
From: [e-mail] (James Jones/Nibbles and Bits)
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Subject: Selecting side polys
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 > The problem with this case, making an outline or really selecting the
 > sides, is we only want the polys on the sides. If you make the loop,
 > you select all polys in the object. To select only the polys on the
 > sides using the loop way I've found took longer than just draging
 > the mouse. This is for this case.

If you're trying to select only the side polygons of say, an extruded
logo or text, you can lasso the front faces and lasso the back faces
from the side view and then hit the " key (shift single quote) to
reverse the selection.
This also gets around the problem you have if you try to select the
side polys based on their point count (4) where you also get the faces
of any four-point "I"'s.
If your extrusion has bazillions of polys, drag-selecting with the
mouse will probably miss a few unless you make several passes.



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