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UI customization question

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#1

Basically what I want to do is to remove all cluster from the UI. Currently the top menu is way to bloated. Stuff I dont need is Edit, Layer, Macro, Marker, Picker, Zoom and Zscript. I dont use these menus at all. Is there a way to remove them?

Thanks in advance.

#2

You can’t remove menus from the main menu bar, but you can create your own custom menu bar.

  1. Preferences > Custom UI > click ‘Enable Customize’

  2. Hold down Ctrl+Alt and grab the menu you want to keep and drag it down slightly until you see a rectangle appear. This rectangle is going to be your new custom menu bar. You can place the menus anywhere in this rectangle.

  3. When your finished placing all your menus in your new custom menu bar, go to Preferences > Custom UI > turn off ‘Enable Customize’.

  4. Turn off the ‘Menu’ button at the top right (the one beside ‘DefaultZScript’ button). This will leave only your custom menu bar visible. Click ‘Menu’ button again to bring back the default menu bar then go to Preferences > Config > Store Config. Press ‘Menu’ button again to go back to your custom menu bar.

  5. By default, The ‘Menu’ button is on when you start ZBrush. To have ZBrush start with the ‘Menu’ button off, you need to add the following line to your ‘DefaultZscript.txt’ file (ZBrush 4.0/ZScripts folder) between //startup and [pd] then save the file.

[If,1,[IUnPress,Menus]]

#3

Thank you so much for a thorough and good answer. Works perfectly.

#4

Your welcome guilemo, no problem!

#5

I should also mention that not only can you make your own custom menu bar, but you can also make your own custom menus.

Go to Preferences > Custom UI and click ‘Enable Customize’ then click the button right under it called ‘Create New Menu’. Name the menu what you want and hit Enter on your keyboard. Note: When you give your custom menu a name start the name with the ~ (tilde) character. This won’t show on the interface but it will ensure that all your custom interfaces display correctly. The new menu has now been added to the main menu bar. You can also drag this new menu into your custom menu bar and place what you want into it.

To learn more about customizing your UI, see Changing the Interface Layout.

#6

Excellent. I’ll take a look at it. I do have one more question though:

  • While I was customizing the UI I somehow managed to delete point-count. Is there a way to retrieve it without having to redo the entire interface?
#7

That is in Preferences > Misc. Just enable custom UI and drag it from there to where you want. You will have to draw a tool onto the canvas first though.

#8

Thanks a lot! Really saved me there :slight_smile: