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Assigning another alphabet to brush?

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

Hi, I use zbrush on multiple workstations and I am rather accustomed to a set of hotkeys.

When I use Smooth Directional, on most of my computer it will be B>S>X and I am very used to this. However on one of my computer, it became B>S>Q. Same apply for a couple of other brushes.

Are there anyway I can customize this?

#2

http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/customizing-zbrush/hotkeys/

#3

I mean is there a way to assign that last letter if I were to pick by pressing B>S>?

#4

If your machines are equal, why not copy the good file to the offending machines?

#5

Yes, all you need to do is:

  1. Press B so the brush popup shows.
  2. Press S so the Smooth brushes show in the popup.
  3. Hold Ctrl+Alt and click on the SmoothDirectional icon in the popup.
  4. Press X on the keyboard (or the key you want to use as hotkey).
  5. Before closing ZBrush store the hotkeys by pressing Preferences>Hotkeys>Store.
#6

Doug Jones - Thanks I will try that. The machine with problem is my company’s machine and they have strict regulations regarding using files from other sources. I see if I can email my pref over.

marcus_civis - I did that actually. But what it did was assign my Smooth Directional to the key X, instead of B>S>X.

#7

OK, then you can edit the StartupHotkeys.txt file that is in the C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\ZBrushData\ZStartup folder.

Open the file in NotePad and then find the line for the SmoothDirectional brush (if there is one). Replace it with this line, or if there’s no entry add this at the end:

[BRUSH:SMOOTHDIRECTIONAL,5447800] // Popup+X

Save the file and restart ZBrush.

#8

Awesome marcus_civis. That solves the problem.

Thanks a bunch!