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Any way to maintain creased esges with zbrush to maya workflow ?

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#1

Hi !

I can’t find any way to get creased mesh from zbrush 2018 to maya 2018
any chance ?

fbx isn’t saving creases
ma export exports empty scene
goz isn’t working with maya 2018

in other words amazing ))) it’s like a puzzle

#2

goZ works with Maya 2018. Maintains the creases created in Zbrush too.

#3

I cant find a way to make goz work with maya 2018 , any step by step manual ?
I tried some things from docs but goz shelf is not appearing …

#4

You can export a MA file using SubTool Master>Export. Set the file type in the pop-up dialog.

FBX does export creases but Maya ignores them. I’ll look into that.

For GoZ to Maya 2018, I’ll try and put some help info together later.

#5

How to correctly install GoZ with maya 2018 will be amazing , thank you !

#6

  1. Close Maya 2018 if it is running.

  2. Open ZBrush 2018.

  3. In the Preferences>GoZ sub-palette click “Force reinstall” and choose Maya. This should install some files at least.

  4. Now check the following files. The locations may vary for your system.

  5. The GoZ_Config.txt at this location: C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya\GoZ_Config.txt

This file should have the path to Maya like this:
PATH = “C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2018/bin/maya.exe”

Check that path is correct for your system.

  1. The GoZ_InstallList.txt file at this location: C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya\GoZ_InstallList.txt

This should also have the path to Maya (my version has a blank line first):

C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2018/bin/maya.exe

  1. Check the GoZScript.mel file exists here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\scripts\startup\GoZScript.mel
    If it doesn’t you can copy from the C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya folder.

  2. Check the userSetup.mel file exists here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\scripts\userSetup.mel
    If it doesn’t you can copy from the C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya folder.
    The file should contain the line:

eval(“source “C:/Users/Public/Pixologic/GoZApps/Maya/GoZScript.mel””);

Check that path is correct for your system.

  1. Check the gozMaya.mll file exists here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\plug-ins\gozMaya.mll
    If it doesn’t you can copy from the C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya folder.

  2. Check the shelf_GoZBrush.mel file exists here: C:\Users[your-name]\Documents\maya\2018\prefs\shelves\shelf_GoZBrush.mel
    If it doesn’t you can copy from the C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya folder.

I think that’s everything. Hopefully that should do it!

#7

Now it’s better , shelf exists but there is no icon in it, I tried everything but still can’t make it work ,

ok it’s not a problem since I can export through subtool master it maintains creases .
but please when making plugins can you make sure that there is no need to do 1000 things to make it just send the mesh from one place to another …
hope for maya 2019 that is coming soon new GoZ will be simplified and enhanced …

Thanks again !

#8

The shelf icon should be this file & location:
C:/Users/Public/Pixologic/GoZApps/Maya/GoZBrush.xpm

I appreciate your frustration. Installation should be easy but obviously it doesn’t work for everyone. I’ll let the GoZ developers know.

#9

ok , let them know please that simpe GoZ is better than that one
I’m not only who have that issue with GoZ

Thank you !