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trying to store the current tool

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#1

i am trying to store the currently active tool so that i can reselect it after running a section of script that works on other meshes
I’m assuming this should work but it doesnt :cry:

[VarSet,currentmesh,[FileNameExtract,[GetActiveToolPath],2]]

—code working on other meshes here----

[ISet,Tool:currentmesh]

also is there a listener in zbrush so i can see what the script is doing and where it fails to run?

cheers in advance

#2

You’re not actually setting anything with your [ISet] command.

You don’t really need the name of the tool to recall it. A simpler way is to store the number from the Item Info slider that’s at the top of the Tool palette:

[VarSet,toolID,[IGet,Tool:Item Info]]
//do stuff
//recall tool
[ISet,Tool:Item Info,toolID]

For debugging you can use the [Assert] command, so that if the tested value isn’t true the execution aborts. Alternatively, putting in a [Note] where you want to see a return value is a good way of checking execution. There’s no listener as such.

HTH,

#3

works a treat cheers for that :wink: