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title: "Options"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/TOOLLOOPSELECTION-MDATA_MAINGROUP.html"
section_path: "Select Menu > Loop Selection > Options"
element_id: "TOOLLOOPSELECTION"
group_id: "MDATA_MAINGROUP"
description: "The Loop Selection tool has several integrated automatic features that are useful when making loop selections:"
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## Options

The Loop Selection tool has several integrated automatic features that are useful when making loop selections:

- Edge loops for points and edges will be recognized and selected automatically
- The loop selection will automatically be stopped at edge and non-manifold geometry (see also [Resolve Non-Manifold](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/71577.html.md)).

You can affect the Loop Selection tool manually as follows:

![Image: 044162.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/044162.jpg)

### Stop at Selections

Parameter ID: `MDATA_LOOP_SEL_STOP_AT_SELECTIONS`

If enabled, the selection will stop at the previously selected elements. Hence, you can use selections to define regions in which the Loop Selection tool should have no effect.

### Stop at Non-Quads

Parameter ID: `MDATA_LOOP_SEL_STOP_AT_NON_QUADS`

This option is only available in Use Point and Edge modes and will stop the Loop Selection tool at triangles and n-gons.

### Stop at Poles

Parameter ID: `MDATA_LOOP_SEL_STOP_AT_POLES`

If enabled, the Loop Selection tool - if in Use Point or Edge mode - will stop at poles. What is a pole. A pole is a point that is an element of multiple polygons and whose polygon count is not 2 (edge) or 4 (regular loop).