[Solved]Options to only being able to select edges/vertices/faces?

[pathfinder]

Hello,

maybe I confused this with another program, but wasn't there an option to toggle whether you only want vertices, edges or faces to be selectable? I can't find it anymore.

If there isn't one, I'd like to make a feature request

With more complex objects, sometime selecting edges or vertices can be a hassle. I know that the draw styles can be used for edges, but for vertices, it's just a mess of points without any context.

[Shalmeneser]

I don't think.

Which context ? 3D view or sketcher ?

[TheMarkster]

There is a selection gate.

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filter = Gui.Selection.Filter("SELECT Part::Feature SUBELEMENT Edge, SELECT Part::Feature SUBELEMENT Face")
Gui.Selection.addSelectionGate(filter)

Now you can only select Edges and Faces, no vertices.

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Gui.Selection.removeSelectionGate()

[pathfinder]

I don't think.

Which context ? 3D view or sketcher ?

In 3D view.

I'm currently working on a project where I have to put chamfers on literally hundreds of edges and it would really speed up the process. What's also super annoying is that I had to start over selecting the relevant edges like three times now because once I misclick on the background, I lose the edges I selected – not to toot Blenders horn too much here, but in Blender, vertex/face/edge selection can be backstepped with Crtl+Z, which makes it a non-issue over there.

There is a selection gate.

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filter = Gui.Selection.Filter("SELECT Part::Feature SUBELEMENT Edge, SELECT Part::Feature SUBELEMENT Face")
Gui.Selection.addSelectionGate(filter)

Now you can only select Edges and Faces, no vertices.

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Gui.Selection.removeSelectionGate()

Interesting, how do I use this?

Edit: As a workaround, I decided to create the chamfer first, then add edges after. Works quite well.

[Shalmeneser]

You can modify the list of edges after asking for chamfer.

[TheMarkster]

Open the python console and paste into it. Ctrl+Shift+P if you are on a recent 0.20 build, else look in the view menu -> panels.

[pathfinder]

You can modify the list of edges after asking for chamfer.

Yes, that's what I ended up doing.

Open the python console and paste into it. Ctrl+Shift+P if you are on a recent 0.20 build, else look in the view menu -> panels.

Aaaaah, the black magic stuff, gotcha. I'll take a look.

[TheMarkster]

You can also use selection observers and add to the selection only certain subobject types on preselection if the Ctrl key is held down. I do this in MeshRemodel with the Auto mode for selecting vertices, for example, many vertices to make a BSpline. But it's not setup to work with edges.

Usage would be:

1) enable auto mode
2) hold Ctrl while mousing over the desired points
3) make the bspline
4) end auto mode