Hello! I’m attempting to merge a group of subtools I’ve selected in gimball mode.
How do I do this without having to reorganize my subtools?
Hello @MEATTAIL ,
It depends on what you mean by “merge”, but any merging of subtools involves reorganizing them to some degree.
The functions in the Subtool> Merge sub palette basically re-group different subtools into the same subtool, but do not actually fuse any geometry in most circumstances, unless merging down with the Weld option active for meshes whose points align exactly.
In order to actually fuse the geometry together, you would need to use a feature capable of fusing meshes together like Dynamesh or Live Boolean. But these too will result in a new subtool that contains a new mesh that is the result of those separate subtools being fused together.
One quick way to to work with multiple selected subtools in multi selection mode is to split them off into a new folder. If you have multiple subtools selected in that mode and you go to make a new folder (Subtool> New Folder), ZBrush will recognize this and ask you if you want to create a new folder out of the selected subtools. If you click yes, then a new folder will be created with just those subtools and you can immediately use the Folder> Merge Folder option to create a new merged subtool out of the subtools in the folder.
The nice thing about this is that it creates the new subtool non-destructively and leaves the individual subtools in the folder intact.
