Lasso select in straight lines? I'm using the "lasso" selection tool by holding Ctrl and dragging the left mouse button in edit mode in order to select a group of vertices inside the selected area. However, my mouse hand isn't very good at drawing straight lines, and I keep selecting vertices that I don't want. I can select like the top shape, but need to select in straight lines like the bottom shape:



Is there such a thing as a "straight lasso" select tool, instead of the freehand one? I've tried using the B keyboard shortcut to select in a square, but I need to be able to draw my own polygonal shape.
There is no polygon select tool in Blender (yet) but you can hold down CTRL after your first selection and Blender will create a path to the next vertex you right click. There are some settings in the Tool panel to adjust it's behavior. If your selection path is closed you can press H to hide, which then enables you to L link select the island. ALTH and you get the whole gang. A bit of a work around but can be handy.