Grow, shrink, or change the selected region of CVs or polygon components

Polygon components

To...	Do this
Grow or shrink a selection.	Chose Select > Grow Selection Region. Chose Select > Shrink Selection Region.
Select the components around the current selection.	Chose Select > Select Selection Boundary.
Select all edges connected to the current selection.	Chose Select > Select Contiguous Edges.

NURBS CVs

To...	Do this
Grow or shrink a selection.	Chose Edit NURBS > Selection > Grow CV Selection. Chose Edit NURBS > Selection > Shrink CV Selection.
Select the CVs around the current selection.	Chose Edit NURBS > Selection > Select CV Selection Boundary.
Select CVs on the edges of the surface.	Chose Edit NURBS > Selection > Select Surface Border.