After downloading the plugin, simple copy the file select.hxt into the HXT directory your A:M installation .
The plugin was originally designed as a working relief for me, and
therefor raises far no claim to completeness or accuracy, however it is
freeware .
This
plugin is designed to simple select a single cp, patch (after it's
ids), or all 5 pointpatches or patches, they are builded with hooks.
Formerly it was only a helperplugin for Splitpatch .
Start the plugin with RMB->Plug-ins->Wizards->Select with a selected model.
| selected Type |
Description |
| CP |
With this you can
(all samples are make with the "Thom" model from the A:M cd)  CP #900 with " select whole spline" selected |
| Patch |
The PatchID's get you at this time only from the plugin splitpatch (this war also the main reason for this
plugin , while splitpatch cannot handle at this time 5point and hooked patches)  PatchID's 1251 1360 1258 1492 |
| all five point patches |
If this option is select, all 5point patches from this model where selected. |
| all patches with hooks |
If this option is selected , all patches they are build with hooks are selected |
| 5Point and hooked |
The above two options combined |
| patches with false normals (experimental) |
The plugin trys (thats why experimental) to detect and select patches , where the normal direction is opposite
to their neighbors. This works in the most cases , but in some special cases it's failed . Such a special case is as example a cube , or other models where the neighbor patches are turned 90 degrees or more to the patch, there is observed. But as I have said, in most cases this works and reduce the time to finding false normals dramaticly. (Test it with the thom model from the cd (has 2 false normals ...) and for special cases a cube created with primitive)  For the decision , if the normal is false or not , I compare the normals from the (at 4 point patches) 8 adjacent patches with the normal from this patch , if the number of normals in the opposite direction higher , then the patch will be selected (marked as false normals)  C is the patch, at which the normal is checked |
| view dependent | with this option you can select patches , where the normals are looking in the direction , which you have select in the
listbox while a normal looks only in some special case straight forward in one direction (as example normal vector 0,1,0 -> normal looks only in the y+ axis direction) , you can also input a direction tolerance , a patch with a value equal or higher the value in this entry field will be selected |