Hello all!
I’ve encountered a frustrating issue while trying to create smooth lines using the Claytube brush in Zbrush. Unfortunately, my lines always end up looking “dotted” or “jagged,” instead of the smooth and continuous line I’m trying to achieve.
This is how it looks:
I would greatly appreciate if someone could offer guidance or suggestions on how to solve this problem. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Best regards,
A frustrated Zbrush newbie
Thansk for the reply!
Hmm, Im getting confused, because I get the same dotted lines when Im using the DamStandard brush. So it isn’t something with the settnings? Im using a wacom tablet 
Thanks again!
Hi @Thunde12 ,
Please go to Tool> Geometry> Dynamic Subdivision and make certain that feature is off for the active subtool. This feature is designed as a low poly modeling aid and will cause exactly the behavior you’re showing here if it has been enabled for a higher resolution mesh.
Next, try this with both a mouse and your Wacom tablet. If you don’t get the issue with the mouse, it may be that your tablet pressure sensitivity is too low. Try setting the “Tip Feel” in your wacom configuration utility to a “softer” feel and see if that improves things.
Please bear in mind that that the Clay Tubes brush does produce highly detailed strokes with a lot of overlapping lines if the mesh surface is high enough resolution to pick it up. This is generally considered a feature of the brush. However, assuming that you are not making too rapid of a stroke, the dab separation you see in the middle stroke of the provided image indicates some sort of performance issue either in the file or on the system.
If nothing we’ve said here helps you with your issue, please contact Support.
Thank you!
