Hi.
After you have filled an object and its subtools with individual colors, is there a way to toggle those colors ‘on’ or ‘off’ as a group? I want to be able to see the whole model as some neutral value as well as have the ability to see a basic color separation amongst the subtools.
Thanks!
~S.~
you can do this with the Subtool Master plugin.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=57154
Just to add to what spaceboy says:
In SubTool Master select the Fill option.
In the Fill options dialog uncheck all the options or click the icon so that the icon turns gray. This will turn off ‘Colorize’ for the visible subtools. Clicking the icon acts as a toggle for turning Colorize on or off.
HTH,
Hi, Spaceboy. Hi, Marcus.
When I open Subtool Master and enter the ‘Fill’ dialog box, there are three choices (Color, Material, Color & Material). You must choose one. It doesn’t seem possible to turn all three settings off. Is this right? Clicking the icon has had no effect over here. Also, when I open Subtool Master, a menu opens that stops at the bottom of my screen at item thirteen ‘Invert (something)’ - the bottom half of the button is missing. Are there more than thirteen items? How do I view them?
Thanks!
~S.~
SNARK,
In order to get the Colorize toggle feature I mention, download the latest version of SubTool Master from the start of the thread - you have an older version.
The ‘Invert Visibility’ button is the last in the list. In order to show the list completely, press TAB to hide the shelf and also switch off the orange Menus button at the top of the UI. You will probably need to put the ZPlugin palette in the Right or Left Tray so that the SubTool Master button is still available. For greatest flexibility give the button a hotkey so that you can call up the ST menu when the button is hidden.
HTH,
Thanks, Marcus!
Will the new version overwrite the old or do I need to uninstall first?
~S.~
Just make sure the new files overwrite the old ones when you unzip the zip file.
Hi, Marcus.
I have the new version installed. When I go to the ‘Fill’ function and uncheck ‘Color’, my model and subtools lose their color as described. However, when I go back to the ‘Fill’ function and check it again, I don’t get my colors back. I get a flat grey color over all. It’s as if unchecking ‘Color’ erases the colors completely. Am I doing this right? I’d like to toggle between color and neutral.
Thanks!
~S.~
SNARK,
Check ‘Color’ will fill with the selected color, which you don’t want to do. Just use the icon to toggle the color on and off.
Thanks, Marcus!
That was it. Works fine now.
One last question: Is there a way to display the frame grid across all subtools and not just the one selected?
~S.~
Hi.
Minor issue but unresolved. I have successfully applied materials and colors to separate subtools and used SubTool Master to turn those colors on and off. However, when I save-out and then re-enter the file, the default material reverts to the ‘Red Wax’ material. Even though I have baked in the ‘Mat Cap White Cavity’ material, using ‘M’ + ‘Color’ > ‘Fill Object’. So, I have to re-bake the material every time I open the file. How can I make my material choice permanent?
Also, how can I display a ‘Model with SubTools’ so that all subtools show the frame-grid, not just the selected subtool?
Thanks!
~S.~
SNARK,
I’m not sure why you should be having problems with the MatCap White Cavity material. Providing it is in the list of ‘Startup Materials’ you should be able to use it to fill a mesh and it be there next time you open the model.
If you load a material from disk then it will replace the selected material. For another session you would have to reload that material over the same selected material.
There’s no way to show the wireframe for all subtools at once. You can create an image showing all by working through the list and pressing Transform:Snapshot (or Shift+S) each time.
Thanks, Marcus.
I’ll work on this.
~S.~