I’m watching the Shane Olson streams and really enjoying them.
He does a thing that I can seem to replicate.
When he uses his Insert Brush to draw out a new shape, that new shape is automatically in given a new polygroup. I know you can click on auto groups afterward, but he does it in one motion.
I cannot seem to do this on my own. Can someone please tell me how?
Thanks,
Billy
Hi @Hibatchi Welcome to ZBrush Central!
If you select a different shape from the set every time you draw one out, then each one will have a different polygroup. If you are drawing the same shape multiple times then there is no way to do this automatically that I am aware of. It’s easy enough to group it though. When you draw out your insert, it masks the underlying mesh that you are drawing on. Holding down Ctrl, you would click on a blank part of the canvas to reverse the mask. Now, the insert would be masked at which point you would press Ctrl+W for “Group Masked Clear Mask” or click the button in “Tool > Polygroups” subpalette. Each insert would have a different polygroup.
Other than that… can you provide a link to the video at the exact time this starts to happen?
I tried your first method and couldn’t get it to work. I’ll try the other method you mentioned.
Looks like whoever made that insert brush made all the shapes the same polygroup. Not a good idea.
Try the IMM ModelKit brush and you will see the each shape has a different polygroup.
Okay. I see what you are saying. I tried the other insert brush and the objects did have different polygroups. However the result wasn’t what I expected.
Each type of shape did indeed have a seperate polygroup. But if I used the shape a second time, all similar shapes would hold the same polygroup.
I was expecting unique polygroups for every shape 
Do shapes added to an insert brush inherit the polygroup they were created with?
Got a reply from Shane. It’s correct. Thought I’d share if anyone else comes across this question…
"So if you draw out an IMM on the same object, they will all be the same color… if you draw out a new one on top of that, it will be a new color. They work like a chain. "
