thank you all for the suggestions.

bennyk: i'll give it a try. that should come in handy when dealing with the non-manifold thingamajig.

vladimirjp: i'm checking the docs right now. the...

thanks guys. from what i've gotten so far, most of the scripts are in the vein of removing/cleaning up weird stuff in meshes as opposed to selecting components.

but maybe i can do something with...

hi @ all, i'm new to the forum/maya.

question: is there a function to highlight pieces of geometry that pass through each other?

like a function that tells maya something among the lines of...