Installation:

1. install the persistent base if not already installed
2. drag the node into the link editor and press the install button
3. delete the node from the scene after install is complete

Toolbar

A text image version of the point edit element and selection toolbar buttons

• Sel Util - open the pe selection utilities panel for storing and retrieving pe selections
• Geom Sel - open the geometry selection utilities panel: Geometry Selection Utilities
• Sel Vis - only select elements that are facing your current view and non-occluded
• Sel All - select all elements whether they are facing the current view or not including occluded elements

PE Selection Utilities

Build, save and restore point edit selections.

TODO: write this section and demo with the blender link tool uv functions

Each column represents a separate storage unit. "Any" stores point, edge and face selections as one unit. "Face", "Edge" and "Point" are each separate storage units that only work with their own selection types, ignoring all other element types.

Store Selection

• Add(+) - add the current selection to the stored selection
• Replace - replace the stored selection with the current selection
• Clear(-) - clear the stored selection

Apply Stored Selection

• All - replace the current selection with the stored selection from the Any storage unit
• Face - replace the current face selection with the stored face selection
• Edge - replace the current edge selection with the stored edge selection
• Point - replace the current point selection witht he stored point selection

• most common usage is to simply use the first column, "Any" which works with all types of selections and completely replaces the selection when the Restore All button is pressed
• face, edge and point will combine with the existing selection when the Restore is pressed, they each replace their own type of selection and will combine with the other types of selections
• green status means a selection has been stored and can be restored, blank means nothing to restore

Usage:

Notes:

• toolbar because tS icons are inconvenient and can be confusing with many similar shapes
• pe selection utilties use with uv tools of the blender link, also just useful to save and restore selections

May 19, 2025

• updated ui with better behaved status indicators
• add nothing was causing status change to "nothing stored"
• more alert messages incl "pe mode required"
• ui more seperation between store and restore parts and between any/all and the point/edge/face sections

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