1. Create an editable poly with multiple elements.
2. Go to element sub-object mode
3. Using graphite tools to select “by random”

The selection will be random faces within the elements rather than randomly selecting elements.

Can anyone confirm this?

patrick.reformstudios.com

I have the same problem. Impossible to select elemnts by random :(

Same here, so please Autodesk, take a look into this.
Meanwhile, we’ll have to stick to this tool
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/random-select-v1-0

No point asking Autodesk to do anything in here - these are peer-to-peer forums.

If you believe you have found a bug then report it otherwise they may not know about it and it won’t get fixed.

Having said that - this is the Max2010 forum, and the last update for Max2011 will be the last one, so the chances of this ever being fixed in 2010 are rather small.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.