Can this be done like in Maya 
I guess it cnnot be done after all 
In XSI it’s more efficient, I’d like to have similar in zbrush
ZBrush will use whatever grouping is assigned to the model. Each group becomes a separate selection set in ZBrush. Also, you can use Select-It to define selection sets in ZBrush that are independent of the model’s grouping.
…just what i needed ,10 aurick 