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Easier Way to Duplicate Masked?

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#1

Hello,

I think duplicating a subtool, then masking part of the mesh, having to Group Masked, then Ctrl+Shift+Click, and DelHidden works but a bit time consuming. Is there an easy way to make a copy of a part of the mesh that is masked?

#2

Mask first, then duplicate, the duplicate will be masked.

#3

How do you duplicate? Is there a duplicate icon in Zbrush?

#4

Yes, under the Subtool menu. There’s also Clone in the top menu; If you see something else while working you can take that branch easily.

#5

It didn’t work…when I click Clone, it cloned every part of the mesh. I want to clone just what I’ve masked, not the entire mesh.

#6

You could create a simple macro button to the effect of

//RECORDED ZSCRIPT 4.6
[IButton, ExtractMask,"Press to play this ZScript. ZScript can be aborted at anytime by pressing the ëescí 


key.",
[IConfig,4.6]
[IPress,Tool:Visibility:HidePt]
[IPress,Tool:Masking:Clear]
[IPress,Tool:SubTool:Duplicate]
[IPress,Tool:Geometry:Del Lower]
[IPress,Tool:Geometry:Del Hidden]
[IPress,Tool:SubTool:SelectDown]
[IPress,Tool:Visibility:ShowPt]
[IPress,Tool:SubTool:SelectUp]
]/*End of ZScript*/

This option works in a similar way to Doug’s macro, but it takes a different approach which is closer to polygon extracting in a program like softimage (duplication; this shouldn’t alter the border edges of the selection or add any thickness to the new mesh). The result should be similar to to the steps you’re describing in the first post.

#7

He was editing and showed up first. Put my macro in the macros/misc folder. This will extract the masked portion to a new subtool and switch to it also clearing the mask. It uses the settings at bottom of the Subtool panel. http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?180791-Mesh-subtract-not-working&p=1044635&viewfull=1#post1044635

#8

His is more eloquent, hope you got something to work.