I was wondering, i brought model with tones of separate objects from maya to houdini, and i am kinda stuck, how to select them, not using groups with tones of stuff in it . So how can i select some parts, for example i want to select particular element to emit from?

Not 100% sure if it is what you try to achieve but what about selecting the primitives of your objects ( key S + on the left side of the viewport .. . make sure that the “secure selection is off” and group the parts as you wish?

on the left hand side of the view in SOPs check the button that says ‘select connected primitives’ …hotkey is 7…

Yeah i got it!
Thanks!.