I think having a polygonal lasso selection would speed up the selection. I am thinking to a specific mode (could be enabled by ALT key) in which the lasso tool becomes a polygonal tool where subsequent clicks of the mouse create a straight line instead of a continuous curve drawn by hand (this is especially important to select windows or other linear geometries not aligned to axis).
hello and what for exactly would you like to use it?
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In this situation I could select faces in a cleaner and faster way (instead of using lasso and subtract with rect). If the object is quite long and straight you could take 2 points instead of a long and jaggy line (instead of using many little selections to isolate central area and then cut it away with expand option).
+1 I’d appreciate this as well.
Same as other mesh editing tools, geomagic/polyworks etc