Clear Offset plugin for ZProject

[marcus_civis]

This little plug is for those who want to use the ZProject brush for sculpting or polypainting but don't want their work offset.

Simply line up your subtools and then press the button or use hotkey Ctrl+W to clear the action line.

Installation

Unzip the zip file and place the .zsc file in your ZPlugs\ZStartup folder. Restart ZBrush and you should have a Clear Offset button in the Marcus Tools section of your ZPlugin palette.

Note: occasionally you may find the action line persists. Draw the line away from the center of your model and press the hotkey again.

I'll be interested to know if this helps those who were having offset problems with ZProject.


September 14 2007: Updated for ZBrush 3.1
Note: to use Clear Offset with a hotkey, install the plugin and then assign the hotkey of your choice by Ctrl+clicking the ClearOffset button and then press the hotkey you wish to use.

Cheers,

[Erklaerbar]

hahaha, had a huge battle just yesterday against this offset issue, and already gave up on it. great, i saved the mesh with the subhead. Your plug just fixed my issues. Awesome! 100 thanks.

[Reactor]

Thanks again Marcus!

[highlander_72]

Reactor took the words right out of my mouth..... uhm...... fingers.
Many thanks, Marcus!

[Roland Kaiser]

Hey cool Marcus.

Very usefull, thanks.

Roland

[crossbones]

Thanks so much! Now Zprojection feature becomes less frustrating

[daddymack]

Hah! I was teaching ZBpipeline yesterday and went into some of the new features... couldn't figure why Zproject was working the way it was... Thanks for the info as well as the plugin

[marcus_civis]

Thanks for the comments, guys. I'm glad you find the plugin useful.

[Christian Michelin]

Hooray !!

This plugin makes all my mapping dreams come true,I use it along with
Game master 770 's RecallInfo plugin and I can bake all of Zbrush3
crazy details from superhighresmodels in one super diffuse map!

I spent a whole evening trying to get the transpose line as small
as possible without knowing this life saving utility existed.What a fool I am,didn't even think about looking for a plugin to solve this issue!

Thanks Marcus!! it's guys like you that make all the frustrating aspects of Zb3 less heavy.(Although the good aspects are so completely 21st century that I know in my heart(and so does many) that when it'll be complete everyone will bow to the Z)

[Foomin]

Hi Marcus,

thank you for the script! Unfortunately, I can't seem to be able to get it to work... I always get this error message as soon as I pres the Clear Offset button:

ZScript note:
Interface Item could not be found
Brush:Std in [IsEnabled,Brush:Std]

after which the script exits or doesn't do anything (the offset doesn't go away). Any idea what' going on?

Thanks, Foo

[Foomin]

hmmm any chance to get a reply? I'm still getting the same message.

Thanks,

Foo

[zsub]

works for me?

[Foomin]

well it doesn't for me. That's the point of my posting.

[marcus_civis]

hmmm any chance to get a reply? I'm still getting the same message.

Thanks,

Foo

Foomin,

My sincere apologies for the delay in replying.

I have updated the plugin for 3.1. Note: to use Clear Offset with a hotkey, install the plugin and then assign the hotkey of your choice by Ctrl+clicking the ClearOffset button and then press the hotkey you wish to use.

*** Download for ZBrush 3.1 here ***

I hope you find the plugin useful.

[Foomin]

Thank you for taking the time to look into this! I'll try it out right away.