multiple tools drawn, how to select them? (solved)

[iseefishpeople]

Hi Guys

here is me missing the obvious am sure but still google is not helping with this one....

if i draw multiple different tools onscreen, when i switch to edit mode the last tool that was drawn is the one being edited
.....this is fine and what i would expect.......

however

how do i select tools that i have drawn for further editing???? even more annoying is that when saving the document, on load none of the tools are set to active...and i can't get into edit mode for any tool (even if there is only 1 in the document).....hmmmmm indeed

all help appreciated
r;0)b

PS so far i have managed to create some decent models without knowing the above but seems like someting i really ought to know by now :0(

[iseefishpeople]

this answers my question for anyone wondering...

Bartp........
What you need to get used to with Zbrush is that, once you import or create an “obj”, it is what Zbrush considers a “tool”. You can only have one “tool” in Edit mode at a time.
When you got that message about switching tools, Z was warning you that you were about to leave edit mode for your current “tool” and select another, in your instance, the Bump brush.

When you chose the other tool, Zbrush “drops” or places what had been in Edit mode, onto your canvas and you can no longer do all the things (like rotate) you could in edit mode. You can still effect what has been dropped to the canvas, but not as you could in edit.

Think of it as holding a piece of wet clay in your hands. You can rotate it, touch it, and mold any part of it while in your hands (Edit mode). Now, drop that wet clay onto a table top (dropped to canvas), you can still touch it, poke it, even paint or mush the clay around on the table, but you cannot pick it up or rotate it again (and picking up the table doesn’t count.).

Check out the manual, Quicklinks, or help in the program. Look at Projection Master, it allows you to do what you were trying to and still be able to go back to editing after.



Hope this helps



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from http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=33596