by Online Render·Workflow
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Select By stands out in the Superhive library for the breadth of selection criteria it packs into a single Blender menu, from polycount matching to transform and material filters.
Select By adds a range of selection options to Blender's built-in tools through a dedicated Select By menu. It lets you store a selection and recall it later with Restore Selection, and includes Find Copy, which selects every item in the scene sharing the same name as the object you pick in the viewport.
The add-on can select mesh objects by their polygon count, vertices, or edges using parameters such as fewer than a set number of vertices or greater than or equal to a value. Same PolyCount selects objects matching the polygon count of the active object. Further options cover scale larger than one, negative scale on any X, Y, or Z transform, and negative X, Y, or Z location.
Material and rendering filters round out the set: select objects with no material slots or with materials applied, or those that have modifiers enabled. You can disable or enable selected objects in the render engine, lock or unlock Location, Rotation, and Scale, and use Print Mesh Data to output polycount, vertices, and edges for objects in the blend file.
Select By is best for blender users managing scenes with many objects who want to select them by polycount, scale, location, material, or modifier state.
Select By is completely free to download and use.
Select By lists compatibility with Blender 2.8, 2.9, and 3.0. If you are running a newer release than those listed, check the developer's page for the latest compatibility information before downloading, since the add-on was published several years ago. The tools are accessed through the Select By menu in Blender, covering selection, polycount, scale, location, material, and render-engine options.
Select By provides a Select Mesh Objects By option that works with polygons, vertices, or edges, using parameters such as fewer than 10 vertices or greater than or equal to a value. It also includes Same PolyCount, which selects objects in the scene with the same polygon count as the active object. According to the developer, this is useful when you know the polycount of an object and have several objects in the scene to sort through.
Select By is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and any current pricing can change over time, so check the developer's page from Online Render for the latest terms before downloading. The listing notes it is distributed under a Creative Commons license, and you can contact the creator through the developer's page with questions or additional requests.
Select By can select objects that have no material slots attached or that have materials applied, as well as objects with modifiers enabled. Beyond selection, it can disable or enable the selected objects in the render engine, lock or unlock their Location, Rotation, and Scale, and print mesh data including polycount, vertices, and edges for objects still present in the blend file.
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