Useful small ZScripts and Macros for ZBrush 4 & 4R3

[ocmtime]

On smaller displays some buttons in the standard UI are off the screen. (They are still available in the Transform palette but obviously that's not as convenient.)

This configuration will solve the issue:

1. Unzip the file to your ZBrush 4.0\ZStartup folder.
2. Start ZBrush and press Preferences>Congig>Load UI. Select the SmallerUI.cfg file from the ZBrush 4.0\ZStartup folder.

The adjusted UI will be loaded. Buttons that are on the lower right column in the default UI have been moved to the top right-hand side. You may need to close the right tray (with the Tool palette in it) in order for them to appear - to do this click on the divider.

If you are happy with the new layout save it as your custom interface by pressing Shift+Ctrl+i.

>> Download here <<

this is not working anymore .
edit:link worked a few minutes after I posted

but the next question is still on :

and do you know a way to move the interface menu divider to the middle of the screen so that more columns of pulldown menus can be dragged and dispalyed at the same time in a largea area of the screen ?

[marcus_civis]

but the next question is still on :

and do you know a way to move the interface menu divider to the middle of the screen so that more columns of pulldown menus can be dragged and dispalyed at the same time in a largea area of the screen ?

You can have both the left and right trays open at the same time but they can only be one pallette in width (though you can have several palettes in each).

[Gareee]

Marcus: Will this thread be renamed, or will a new thread be created for new scripts for ZB4R4?

[ocmtime]

@Marcus:thanks for the info

[Syance]

Hello Marcus. Is it possible to have multiple versions of your brush toggle? I would like to hotkey a few more of my favorite brushes.

[kaisasose]

Hi guys. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with how to have the polysphere.ztl (without poles) load automatically. Save me the trouble of opening lightbox every time I open Zbrush.

thanks.

[marcus_civis]

Hi guys. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with how to have the polysphere.ztl (without poles) load automatically. Save me the trouble of opening lightbox every time I open Zbrush.

thanks.

You can set up a macro to load a project when ZBrush starts:

(1)To create the macro, copy this code into an empty text file (in Notepad):

[IButton,???,"Startup macro",
[FileNameSetNext,"ZBRUSH_ZPROJECTS\DefaultSphere.ZPR"]
[IPress,File:Open]
]

(2) Save the file to the ZBrush 4R4\ZStartup\Macros\Misc\ folder and call it StartupMacro.txt

(3) Now you need to edit the default zscript file. In the ZBrush 4R4\ZScripts\ folder find the DefaultZScript.txt file and open it in Notepad.

(4) Change the contents to this, and save the file:

//startup
[If,1,
	[IPress,Macro:Macros:Misc:StartupMacro]
]
[pd]

Now whenever you start ZBrush the DefaultSphere project will be loaded.

[kaisasose]

Thanks Marcus, that worked great.
The DefaultSphere.ZPR changed my UI colours so I saved a separate ZPR and used that one in the Macro instead.

The lightbox still opens all the time though, even though I've turned it off in the preferences and saved config several times. Seems to be an ongoing problem it seems.

[Gareee]

^{The latest Z4.4 R2 update fixed lightbox opening... did you install it yet?}

[kaisasose]

Yes I have. For some reason it was still loading lightbox till I changed it to "Run as Administrator" now it's fine.

[B8Kitano]

^{The latest Z4.4 R2 update fixed lightbox opening... did you install it yet?}

This is true as long as you don't save your UI, when it auto activate it.

[Gareee]

This is true as long as you don't save your UI, when it auto activate it.

I have a custom UI, and lightbox remains closed. Once of the things mentioned in the install (As just mentioned above) is that they suggest zbrush being set in windows program preferences to run as administrator. Have you set that? Did seting it correct the issue for you?

[zwick]

custom symmetry buttons:

• X, Y, Z buttons for choosing an axis, these do not toggle nor allow you to do XY or XYZ combos, it only uses 1 at a time.
• (R)= turns on/off radial
• numbers are preset amounts for radial symmetry

I made this mainly because I could not keep the symmetry tools from vanishing from my custom menus.

Included source code so you can add/change presets. Very simple code.

shows up under Zplugin/SymmetryTools

-z

[marcus_civis]

I made this mainly because I could not keep the symmetry tools from vanishing from my custom menus.

Thanks for posting this, though if you upgrade to ZBrush 4R4 Update 2 you'll find that you can make the symmetry buttons part of a custom interface. Upgrading is free to registered users.

[zwick]

Thanks Marcus, but unfortunately I am running with the latest update and the issue (with symmetry) is still there. -z