Select Edges Based On Their Normal Angle

[user_deleted]

This feels more convoluted than necessary and I'm sure the answer is simple.
I'd like to be able to select edges that have a normal higher than a certain value.
Just like the "soften/harden normals" window, that has a slider, but instead of a "soften/harden" button, I just want a "select" button....

that's in an ideal world. I don't really need a gui.

I tried hunting down the mel proc for polySoftEdge to take it apart, but it's not a mel proc, it's a command, so I can't get inside it.... hate hitting walls in Maya!

[joojaa]

Well i have tip where to find it: I dont have maya tat hand right now. But theres a selection costraint thing that will convert selections by border conditions one of them is this. You can find this in the gui and it ecoes exactly what you need. Just be sure to reset the constraint after your done.

[ronviers-viers]

I was looking at that and I could not get it to do what the OP wanted. I could get the hard soft selection just fine but not with a threshold. I would like to know hot it's done if you have the time later.

Thanks,
Ron

[joojaa]

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tried hunting down the mel proc for polySoftEdge to take it apart, but it's not a mel proc, it's a command, so I can't get inside it....

Actually its a node!

[ronviers-viers]

nevermind - I thought I had it figured out but need to think it through a little more.

[joojaa]

This contains a issue of problem in way that maya and mel work. I could give you exact algorithm for calcualting this but for amle scripter hat would eb futile as it helps not. Since that not how you use mel.

What you would do is ask node for soultuion filter for result an drevert back. Thst how you do thing sin mel.

[ronviers-viers]

Yes, a mel script would not be that difficult but a change in workflow might be even better. Thanks