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Snapping sliders to specific increments

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#1

Hey everyone!
I’d like to ask if there is some way to snap the slider values (any slider) to some specific increments (like 1 or 10 or so ) - for exaple by holding some key (like alt or shift as it works in blender or softimage) while dragging the slider.

I succesfully created my custom UI to be able to control ZBrush without keyboard (with the tablet and its modifier keys only) and this is the only thing that is kind of disturbing… Like in the deformation pallette - I still have to manually type in 90, when I want the exact rotation for example…

It would be SO nice to be able to hold shift (or any other key) and jump to 90 with increments of 10…

Big thanks for any advice,bye and happy sculpting :slight_smile: !

#2

In the zip is the file RotateMe. It’s set to 90 degrees. With a bit of work and some quick editing you’ll have something close to what you want.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?172590-Updated-UI

#3

Thank you very much Doug, I will look into it, although I don’t have much experience with scripts and macros…

This is for the rotation and some other functions, but the overall setting in Zbrush doesn’t exist? Or some script/macro that will work on all sliders GLOBALLY?

Thanx, bye!

#4

There’s no setting and it would not be possible to write a script/macro to do it satisfactorily. One small plugin that you might find useful is this Numpad one. You do need to assign a hotkey to bring up the interface, though.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?94752-Useful-small-ZScripts-and-Macros-for-ZBrush-4-amp-4R3&p=741453&viewfull=1#post741453

#5

The files in my zip work mostly with the axis selected in the Deformation panel. By changing the value in the text file to a negative number, it would do the opposite, edit the file and save as a new file telling what it does, add that to your UI. I wish I could make those tiny x,y and z buttons bigger. And it seems like when you change subtools the axis reverts…With a bit more code added, hitting the button could set the axis and “do it” (move,rotate,scale,etc)

#6

Thanks VERY much to both of you, guys, I will try your suggestions and see which suits best for my situation…

Bye!