select polys by angle?

[LucentDreams]

in R10 there is the phong break selection tool which has an option to overide the phong tag so you can specify your own angle.

[Multiman]

That sounds promising. Any 9.6 solutions?

cheers

DD

[Linds]

I had a quick look at this DD, I don't think it's going to do what you want. It will make a selection based on the angles between neighboring polygons, but does not take into acount the normal direction of the poly, which is I think what you are looking for.

You want to be able to select al polys facing a certain direction - or between a defined range of angles. I feel sure this must be posible with a COFFEE expression, or even an Xpresso set-up, could do this. Perhaps one of our forums resident codemeisters might rise to the challenge?

Cheers

Linds

[Per-Anders]

for 8.2 upwards there is my free phong select plugin at www.thirdpartyplugins.com

[moka.studio]

There is a plugin called Flush Select that will do what you want.
Basically you select one or more polygons to define the tolerance value, and all polygons that are relatively planar to this will be selected.
www.C4dplugs.com should have the author listed

[Multiman]

Thanks. 'Phong Select' seems to only selects edges that are dependent on adjacent normals. I need to be able to selct polygions whose normals are within a certain defineable angle.

'Flush Select' sounds like its exactly what I need but it doesnt appear to be available anymore.

Edit:

Just noticed its available on the third party website. Just the link from C4Dplugs isnt working.

cheers!
DD

[Geespot]

Ive just written script that can do this Multiman.

It should do what you want

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3963058&postcount=17

[Multiman]

Thanks Geespot but Im not sure what to do with the file. It unzips with the suffix CSC which is not something Ive come across before. I can see the code in a text editor but not sure what to do with it.

cheers

David

[Geespot]

Thanks Geespot but Im not sure what to do with the file. It unzips with the suffix CSC which is not something Ive come across before. I can see the code in a text editor but not sure what to do with it.

cheers

David

You have to copy the .csc file into your c4d/library/scripts folder. When you start Cinema, it will show up in the script manager.

[Multiman]

wow, that was a fast reply. Yeah i figured it out. Many thanks!! Its exactly what I need.

cheers,

David

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