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GatorNic
02-21-2005, 03:00 PM
Anybody know if there is a way to highlight or select 5-sided polys? Meaning I have one in my mesh somewhere and can't find it. XSI has a script that will highlight tris and 5 sided polys. Anything like that for maya?
Ødb
02-21-2005, 03:07 PM
Try this script :

http://www.highend3d.com/files/dl.3d?group=melscripts&file_loc=selectnonquad-v1.0-.mel&file_id=2915

it's called select non quad.
GatorNic
02-21-2005, 03:41 PM
exactly! Thanks, worked perfectly.
allenatl
02-21-2005, 06:38 PM
Haven't seen the script, but you can do the same from Maya's Edit Polygons menu.
With component selection set to Faces, Go to Edit Polygons>Selection>Polygon Constraints and select "All and Next" and "Nsided".
GatorNic
02-26-2005, 10:52 PM
Haven't seen the script, but you can do the same from Maya's Edit Polygons menu.
With component selection set to Faces, Go to Edit Polygons>Selection>Polygon Constraints and select "All and Next" and "Nsided".

yep, that worked too! thanks allenatl! :thumbsup:
BillSpradlin
02-27-2005, 12:33 AM
Or just to throw another method out there is to use the cleanup tool, have it select all 4 sided polygons (this works for finding tris as well in case you are going for all quads) and then shift+marquee select over the mesh, this will de-select all 4 sided polys and only select the n-gons and tris. I usually then apply a red blinn shader to those faces after selection to show where I need to edge loop those out to quads.
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