How to checker deselect edge and vertex rings

Question

I know there's a way to checker deselect a ring of edges, but is there a way to do the same on multiple rings of edges or vertices? Every time I've tried it, Blender deselects only the active ring.

I'd like it to look something like this, but doing it manually for larger objects is extremely annoying.

Thanks.

Can you provide an image of what you're wanting to accomplish? — Matt, May 25 '16 at 18:46
@gandalf3 Thanks, but I was hoping for edge and vertex loops... — MasterHolbytla, May 25 '16 at 18:53
@gandalf3 I can't get it to work. What exactly do you mean in that answer? — MasterHolbytla, May 25 '16 at 19:00
The workflow for doing this was improved a lot right after I wrote that answer, and it looks like I made things confusing by trying to edit the same instructions to describe both the old and new workflows. — gandalf3, May 25 '16 at 19:36

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:57

Since my answer this similar question is somewhat outdated, here's a new answer.

Edge loops

Ensure you're in edge select mode (⎈ Ctrl↹ Tab)
Select an edge ring by pressing ⎈ Ctrl⎇ Alt RMB over an edge
Run checker deselect (the Space search is useful here)
Run multi select loops

Note that this selects edge loops as shown in your example. To do the same for edge rings, do the inverse:

Edge rings

Ensure you're still in edge select mode
Select an edge loop this time (⎇ Alt RMB)
Run checker deselect
Run multi select loops, then enable rings in the redo menu (F6 or 3D view > Toolshelf)

How to checker deselect edge and vertex rings

1 Answers1

Edge loops

Edge rings