ZBrushCentral

Total and active points don't stay docked

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

I’m trying to customize my UI and i’m placing the total points and active points viewer along the top like the standard UI. I enable customize and place them where i want, then i store config and also save it as a custom config. All is great, but when I exit Zbrush and re-enter, the pionts counts are not there. Everything else that I moved is there except them. I have to go to preferences and restore either custom config or my saved config each time i restart zbrush. It’s just a little thing but any help would be great.
Thanks :wink:

#2

I don’t remember how to stop it from happening…but I do know that they are link directly to a mesh, which is why they don’t load up on restart.

if you do some searches for it you should find the answer.
I know aurick has given out like a million times.

#3

OK , ive solved the issue. For anyone having the same problem, You have to start zbrush WITHOUT selecting any 3d tool to start with. then customize and put the active points and total points counter where you want it ( it should have no poly counts as there is no tool selected yet ) the save custom settings. Thats it, it should always be there. Happy zbrushng:p

#4

How do you Start ZB without selecting a tool? (Zscript rec = on)


  1. start ZB (default, draws the redwax PolySpher_1)
  2. Select Simple Brush
  3. Clear canvas
  4. Pref>Custom UI = on
  5. Move Active and Total points to shelf (number is still showing 24,578)
  6. Pref> Pref>Custom UI = off
  7. Pref> Store Config
  8. Pref> Store UI
  9. Document> Save as: ZStartup> StartupDocument.ZBR
Restart ZB: the default, draws the redwax PolySpher_1
Even if I reinitialize ZB I cannot clear the Active Points info. :mad:

#5

Yeh, that polysphere at startup is THE problem.
To get rid of the startup sphere i went this way Using 3.5 r3:

Open DefaultZScript.txt in the ZScripts folder with a text editor (Note pad )and comment the last line (with SphereStartup.txt within) by adding two slashes at start of the line. Save that file and you are fine. This will remove the automatic start of the sphere script. That way no sphere = no polygons = no total or active pionts.

Then you just place the counters where you like then save your startup UI, then when you finally grab a tool the counter will start. Hope it helps

Happy zbrushing!
#6

Of course instead of monkeying with your startup script you could just select a non-polygon Tool such as the SimpleBrush, couldn’t you?

#7

…in this case the answer is no.
In the steps listed above, I did notice that when ZB restarted the Doc attributes I saved (canvas resize fill with 50% Grey, new layer) would activate, but then the Default Zsphere and gradient background would still load and auto draw.