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628 Chapter 8: Modifiers
With Shrink and Grow, you can add or remove neighboring
elements from the edges of your current selection. This
works at any sub -object level.
Ring—Expands an e dge select ion by selecting all
edges paral lel to the selected edges. Ring applies
only to edge and border selections.
Ring selection adds to the selection all the edge s parallel to
the ones selected originally.
Tip: Af ter m aking a ring selection, you can use
Connect to subdivide the associated polygons into
new edge loops.
[R ing S hif t]—The spinner next
to the Ring button lets you move the selection in
either direction to other ed ges in the same ring;
thatis,toneighboring,paralleledges.Ifyouhave
a loop selected, you can use this function to select
a neighboring loop. Applies only to Edge and
Border sub-object levels.
Left: Original loop selection
Upper right: Ring Shift up m oves selection outward (from
center of mod el).
Lower right: Ring Shift down moves selection inward
(toward center of model).
To expand the selection in the chosen direction,
CTRL+click the up or down spinner button.
To shrink the s election in the chosen direction,
ALT+click the up or down spinner button.
Loop—Expands the select ion as far as possible, in
alignment with selected edges.
Loop applies only to edge and b order selections,
and propagates only through four-way junctions.