Skip every vert/edge/face. In Loop mode, you can skip edges and polygons. In Ring mode you can skip vertices,edges and polygons. To make poly loop select 3 faces(the middle one is starting face), check PolyLoop checkbox, set "Skip V-E-P" spinner to value greater then 2 and start skiping. You can't skip one face, only 2 or more. Ring mode does not have this limitation. "For Steps" spinner works only with edges. If you want to skip every 2 edges five times, set "Skip" spinner to 2 and "For Steps" spinner to 5. Instalation: Drag-n-drop SkipEveryNthVEPRingLoop.mzp to 3ds max. Go to Customize - Customize User Interface. Under "miauu" category you will find "Skip every N-th VEP Ring Loop". Work only with Editable Poly objects.
Script
Skip Every N-th
By miauu · Credited author: Kostadin Kotev (miauu) - miau_u@yahoo.com · 2010-04-01
- Version
- 1.3
- Version requirement
- 9 and Up
- Date updated
- 2010-07-28
- Votes
- 61
- Homepage
- miauumaxscript.blogspot.com
Description
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Attachments
- skipeverynthvepringloop.mzp — skipeverynthvepringloop.mzp56 KB
Tags: Poly, max, loop, ring, select, edge, 3ds, face, vertex, 2009, vertice, every, n-th, 2010
Comments (10)
Vic Shx · 2017-11-20
It doesn't work in the last versions of Max 17-18 (but works in the old ones 13 etc)
Any chance of having this updated? Also, is there any of your plugins that has similar functions? You have a smart ring and loop script that can created gaps, but it is very far of this level of functionality.
The error is that won't appear in the customization menus, but it appears in Max 2013
miauu · 2012-04-01
May be in the future I will add support for Edit_Poly modifier. :)
miauu · 2010-08-01
All problems are fixed.
Skip Every N-th on Modifiers
Ewok · 2012-04-01
Unfortunately, the script doesn't work on modifiers like 'Edit Mesh' or 'Edit Poly'.
It would be great if there was a possiblity to enter the modifier name to make it compatible with all modifiers and future modifiers to come.
airbrush · 2010-07-28
not working for me, getting errors
windows vista, max 2011
Matyrix · 2010-04-03
Nice tool miauu, thanks! I hope this is your first and not your last script. :) keep it up!
danium · 2010-04-02
Hi, very cool script! It would be awsome if there would be a "backward function" like if you hold down shift and click the ring or loop shrinks...
miauu · 2010-04-05
Hi, danium. UNDO is working. Just use it. :)
If you have something else in mind, please be more specific. :)
danium · 2010-04-16
Yes that is true, what I had in my mind was the ability to select a full loop or ring and then use the "back" function. Could be useful on complex meshes... I dont know if this description is clear enough ? Anyways thanks again im using this script daily now, a huge time saver !
miauu · 2010-07-16
Hi, danium.
That is not possible. MAX does not remember only the last selected edges, so I don't know a way to do what you want. Thats why I added a Step function. :) I hope you will find it useful. :-)