In addition to viewing selections or marquees.. I think rendering a selection would be a handy - so that the entire model may be open in the 3D window but you just render a selection of it to test shadows or textures within the context of the entire model - so that it is partially render on an open GL or basic shaded/wire framed background.
Chrissy Avramidis
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