pymel.core.modeling.polySelect¶

polySelect(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command makes different types of poly component selections. The return value is an integer array containing the id’s of the components in the selection in order. If a given type of selection loops back on itself then this is indicated by the start id appearing twice, once at the start and once at the end.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
add / add		bool
	Indicates that the specified items should be added to the active list without removing existing items from the active list.
addFirst / af		bool
	Indicates that the specified items should be added to the front of the active list without removing existing items from the active list.
asSelectString / ass		bool
	Changes the return type from an integer array to a string array which can be used as a selection string.
deselect / d		bool
	Indicates that the specified items should be removed from the active list if they are on the active list.
edgeBorder / eb		int
	Select all conected border edges starting at the given edge.
edgeBorderPath / ebp		int, int
	Given two edges on the same border, this will select the edges on the border in the path between them.
edgeBorderPattern / bpt		int, int
	Given two edges on the same border, this will check how many edges there are between the given edges and then continue that pattern of selection around the border.
edgeLoop / el		int
	Select an edge loop starting at the given edge.
edgeLoopOrBorder / elb		int
	Select an edge loop or all conected border edges, depending on whether the edge is on a border or not, starting at the given edge.
edgeLoopOrBorderPattern / lbp		int, int
	Given two edges either on the same edge loop or on the same edge border, this will check how many edges there are between the given edges and then continue that pattern of selection around the edge loop or edge border.
edgeLoopPath / elp		int, int
	Given two edges that are on the same edge loop, this will select the shortest path between them on the loop.
edgeLoopPattern / lpt		int, int
	Given two edges on the same edge loop, this will check how many edges there are between the given edges and then continue that pattern of selection around the edge loop.
edgeRing / er		int
	Select an edge ring starting at the given edge.
edgeRingPath / erp		int, int
	Given two edges that are on the same edge ring, this will select the shortest path between them on the ring.
edgeRingPattern / rpt		int, int
	Given two edges on the same edge ring, this will check how many edges there are between the given edges and then continue that pattern of selection around the edge ring.
edgeUVLoopOrBorder / euv		int
	Select an edge loop or border, terminating at UV borders.
everyN / en		int
	Number of elements to stride over. If less than 1 then use 1, meaning every element. 2 means every second one, etc.
extendToShell / ets		int
	Select the poly shell given a face id.
noSelection / ns		bool
	If this flag is used then the selection is not changed at all.
replace / r		bool
	Indicates that the specified items should replace the existing items on the active list.
shortestEdgePath / sep		int, int
	Given two vertices, this will select the shortest path between them in the 3d object space.
shortestEdgePathUV / spu		int, int
	Given two UVs, this will select the shortest path between them in the 2d texture space.
shortestFacePath / sfp		int, int
	Given two faces, this will select the shortest path between them in the 3d object space.
toggle / tgl		bool
	Indicates that those items on the given list which are on the active list should be removed from the active list and those items on the given list which are not on the active list should be added to the active list. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.polySelect

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.polySelect( 'pCube1', edgeRing=1 )
pm.polySelect( 'pCube1', toggle=True, edgeRingPath=(1, 10) )
pm.polySelect( 'pCube1', ns=True, edgeRingPath=(1, 10) )
pm.polySelect( 'pCube1', edgeRingPath=((1, 10), (11, 20)) )
pm.polySelect( 'pPlane1', shortestEdgePath=(10, 100) )