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Edge Ring and Edge Loop MultiSelect
Two new selection options can be accessed while in edit mode, they are Edge Ring and Edge Loop. You can access them through the select pop-up menu or by pressing Ctrl-E while in edit mode. They can
be used to build large selection sets quickly, as can be seen in
the following example images...
 Select 1 or more edges and run Select - > Edge Ring . |  The result of the Edge Ring Selection. Now run Select -> Edge Loop. |
 The result of running Edge Ring select followed by Edge Loop select. |
