//edge-cutter.mel
//By Christopher Evans - September 2003
//Select the edges that border the area you want to remove, or select the edge you would like to propigate out to a contiguous loop.
//The script breaks off the selection and names the resulting objects "created##".
//I ceated this script for Solipsis on #Maya Efnet
//Chris@Dork.com - www.ChrisEvans3D.com

string $result=`confirmDialog 
	-message ("Did you make a contiguous edge selection? (if no, I will propigate one for you)")
	-button "Yes" -button "No"
	-defaultButton "No"
	-cancelButton "Yes"
	-dismissString "Yes"`;
	
if ($result == "No")
	{
	polySelectConstraint -pp 4  -m2a 180 -m3a 180;
	}
PolySelectConvert 3;
polySplitVertex;
string $sel[]=`ls -sl -fl`;
string $buff[];
$tok=`tokenize $sel[0] "." $buff`;
select -r $buff[0];
string $mesh[] = `ls -sl`;
polySeparate -n created01;
select -r created01;
PolySelectConvert 3;
polyMergeVertex  -d 0.001;
select -r created02;
PolySelectConvert 3;
polyMergeVertex  -d 0.001;
string $sel[]=`ls -sl -fl`;
string $buff[];
$tok=`tokenize $sel[0] "." $buff`;
select -r $buff[0];