TrueSelect is LightWave ® Modeler plug-in extending selection toolset.

TrueSelect commands:

• Select Connected Surface - select all polygons connected to initial polygon with exactly the same surface.
• Select Connected Part - select all polygons connected to initial polygon with exactly the same part.
• Select Connected UV - select all polygons connected to initial polygon with exactly the same surface, that have UV map.
• Expand Surface - expand selection obeying initial polygon surface.
• Expand Part - expand selection obeying initial polygon part.

To use this plug-in just add it using Add Plug-Ins, open Edit Menu Layout window, then search for above commands and add buttons.

Select Connected Surface, Select Connected Part, Select Connected UV, Expand Surface and Expand Part require that at least one polygon is selected (because it needs to know initial surface or part name).

Download TrueSelect v1.1 for Windows 32 bit (40022 bytes).

Changes made in the 1.1 (28-Nov-2009)

• Added Select Connected UV command.

Changes made in the 1.0 (27-Oct-2009)

• The first official Windows release.

Installing the product

In order to install the program, please extract the archive to some location on your hard disk.

On Windows ®, the archive is in the ZIP format. You will need 3rd party software such as WinZIP, which you can download from http://www.winzip.com (it's not included in the package), or other compatible software to decompress the archive.

Windows XP ® has built-in ZIP support (simply right click on the archive’s icon, and choose ‘Extract all files...’).

On Macintosh ®, the archive is in the SIT format. You will need 3rd party software such as StuffIt, which you can download from http://www.stuffit.com (it's not included in the package), or compatible software to decompress the archive.

The LightWave ® plugin does not require files to be in specific locations, which is a very nice feature. But for easier file management it is recommended that the plugin files (i.e. those with .p extension) be copied to your LightWave ® plugins folder (f.e. LightWave\Plugins\).

Installing LightWave ® Modeler Plugins

Run the LightWave ® Modeler executable. Select pop-down menu Modeler > Utilities > Add Plugins..., then choose the folder containing the new plugins and select them. You should see a message from LightWave that the plugins have been added successfully. The changes will be saved to your configuration file when you quit the program.

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Uninstalling the product

Uninstalling LightWave ® Modeler Plugins

Run the LightWave ® Modeler executable. Select pop-down menu Modeler > Utilities > Edit Plugins..., then select the plugin files and press the Delete button. The changes will be saved to your configuration file when you quit the program. Now you can safely remove the files from your hard disk.

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