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phone33
08-31-2005, 10:32 PM
i am resurfacing the laser scan for the making of leo DvD. i have it about 50% done, around 1k pollys. i tryed to convert it to SubDs and it did not work, so i think there is a 3 or 5 vert polly somewhere in my mesh. i dont have the time to search each one. so is there a easy way i can have maya select all the faces w/ more or less than 4 verts?
Nicool
08-31-2005, 10:35 PM
Polygons > Cleanup polygons. Setup it so as it select non-quad faces (or select quad and then you could invert selection to spot non-quad faces). Otherwise, there are many script for this purpose which reinvent the wheel.
Brent Turbo
08-31-2005, 10:43 PM
There's also:

Edit polygons -> Selection -> Selection Constraints...

This will let you pinpoint tris or n-gons only, amongst a ton of other useful things.
Nicool
08-31-2005, 10:59 PM
Good tip Brent, I don't often (let say never) use selection constraints.
phone33
08-31-2005, 11:44 PM
thanks guys that did the trick now i just have to fix the non quads.........
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