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3part insertmesh curve brush along a helix - this possible?

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#1

Hi guys,

I was wondering if it was possible to apply 3part IMM brush on a diffrent way than just stroke it with a brush.
Is there a way to have the brush appied along a certain geometry or possible a polygroup?

I have a flask and a rope IMM brush and want to wind the rope a few times around the upper part of the flask.

Id greatly apprechiate if someone could point me into the right direction regarding a good tutorial on this.

Thank you!

Davey

#2

I’ve actually been trying to do something similar. Dragging an IMM around a difficult shape would be hell. The only solution I’ve thought of is just extracting a spiral mask a few times and hand sculpting the details, but I know that’s a less precise solution. It’d be lovely if ZB had a spline-esque clone feature.

#3

Thanks for the answer.
:slight_smile:

#4

Hey, have you tried using curve functions?

http://docs.pixologic.com/reference-guide/stroke/curve-functions/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LgwfcSSYVGM

#5

If you look in the “stroke” drop down and go to curve functions you can have Zbrush draw you curves following borders, polygroups and/or creased edges. To do what you mentioned with the rope I grabbed the default helix and creased the inside facing edge and ran the Frame Mesh with only creased edges selected and I had a 3 part IMM all the way up!