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October 11, 2012, 11:53:17 am
Create a cylinder with a few divisions. Select the first loop by double click. You will notice that the whole loop is red marked. Now hold down shift and double click at the second edgeloop. You will notice that here the edgeloop is not fully selected. The edge that you click at stays blank. That`s the first problem. Multiselection of edgeloops quirk.

Edge mode - Visual Tools - Collapse - Edgeloop works with this selection. But it creates the weld center for the second edgeloop a bit off. Which is clear because you haven`t selected the whole loop. But when i select the missing edge too to close the loop selection, then the collapse from the Visual Tools doesn`t work anymore. The streamline collapse does. That`s the second problem.
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October 11, 2012, 12:27:21 pm
Problem 1:
That is due to selection method. When selecting multiple edge loops, you would need to hold down "ctrl+shift", then double click the next edge loop.
It works the same when, for example, selecting a partial edge loop. If you click one edge, then "shift+double left click" on another edge in that loop, only the edges in-between the selections are selected.

Problem 2:
A problem I mentioned on the "weld" thread. When only a closed edge loop or multiple closed edge loops are selected, the collapse_loop tool does not function. That is intentional by IStonia.

See this part of the weld thread:- http://voidworld.cmcproductions.co.uk/index.php/topic,511.30.html

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October 11, 2012, 12:35:27 pm
Thanks steve :)

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That is due to selection method. When selecting multiple edge loops, you would need to hold down "ctrl+shift", then double click the next edge loop.

Uh, that`s a bit counter intuitive, isn`t it?

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Problem 2:
A problem I mentioned on the "weld" thread. When only a closed edge loop or multiple closed edge loops are selected, the collapse_loop tool does not function. That is intentional by IStonia.

See this part of the weld thread:- http://voidworld.cmcproductions.co.uk/index.php/topic,511.30.html

Ah, that was this. Let`s hope that iStonia hasn`t understood the problem really well. I guess for us it`s simply a bug :)
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