yes thank you all

if you are using polygons, you could select one edge and then go to edit polygons>selection>select continuous edges. i think that was wat i was lookin for tho

umm yes i am havin some trouble converting all these mj poly tools into maya 7 and it is really confusing 30 minutes of the tutorial time was juss trying to figures how to scale 2 opposite faces together

a nd yeh i am using poly