Perfect Select

Perfect Select extends standard Blender selection tools.

Features

Demo video: https://youtu.be/TCUGzs8SA_8

selection snapping (with sliding on edge)
extending selection to boundary loops
preselections
instant mirroring for select / deselect
selection pattern from objects and images

License

Perfect Select is under GPL license. You can use for free and customize the code for your needs.

Releases

This is developent branch. Official releases are available to supporters on https://blendermarket.com/products/perfect-select.

Building Guide

Part of this addon is written in C++ to improve performance. Compilation is not necessary but the benefits are significant.

Prepare workspace

mkdir ~/perfect_select_workspace
mkdir ~/perfect_select_workspace/build
cd ~/perfect_select_workspace

Download Perfect Select sources

git clone https://github.com/hophead-ninja/perfect_select.git

Building without C++ backend (scripts only)

cd ~/perfect_select_workspace/build
cmake ../perfect_select -DBUILD_BACKEND=OFF
make

Output files are located in ~/perfect_select_workspace/build/perfect_select

Building with C++ backend (Experimental - Linux only)

Download Blender sources (example for blender 2.83)

mkdir -p ~/perfect_select_workspace/blender_sources/v2.83
cd ~/perfect_select_workspace/blender_sources/v2.83
git clone --branch v2.83 https://git.blender.org/blender.git

Download precompiled libs (mainly for python version compatibility)

mkdir ~/perfect_select_workspace/blender_sources/v2.83/lib
cd ~/perfect_select_workspace/blender_sources/v2.83/lib
svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/blender-2.83-release/lib/linux_centos7_x86_64

Make and build

cd ~/perfect_select_workspace/build
cmake ../perfect_select -DBUILD_BACKEND=ON -DBLENDER_TAGS=v2.83
make