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Answered: GoZ and Max 2009 64bit

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

I have just upgraded to Z4 and installed GoZ for paths to Maya and Max. I’m on XP pro 64bit.

Firstly I can’t find any documentation about this feature - what does it install, where are the directory paths for temp models etc?

Secondly there is no way I can see to determine which app you want to link to. I installed Max first, then clicked GoZ, it launched Max with my startup scene. There are no buttons or categories I can see in Max for GoZ connectivity.

I installed the Maya path and tried again. It worked fine, back and forth no problems.

Now I can see no way to switch Max as the preferred link or any GoZ functions in Max.

Can anyone point me at documentation or offer some guidance please?

-=CC=-

#2

look for the “what’s new in Zbrush” section in your documentation folder.
Look for goZ.
read.
it tells you everything you need to know.

#3

heh, thanks - can you tell I’m a Max user? The only thing they put in the ‘what’s new’ for max is your deflated bank balance.

That’s the biggest ‘what’s new’ I’ve ever seen.

-=magilla=-

#4

ok, now that I’ve actually read the GoZ section I can say that it tells me sweet f.a.

Nothing has been setup in Max - no buttons, no menu items, no categories. There is nothing new in the shared folder (unlike the maya directory which has the shelf)

All GoZ is doing is launching max and a blank startup file. It says “files saved to disk” but I can’t find where they are saved.

I don’t even know what I’m looking for, is it a plugin, is it a macro, is it a script?

#5

In here
C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Max
there is a bunch of crap

This is supposed to go here
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\Scripts\Startup\Macro_GoZ.ms

This is supposed to go here
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\SendEventToMax64.dll

This installs a GoZ menu in Max

There… now how hard would that have been to include in some freakin documentation!!!

idiots.:mad:

#6

Hello,
In order to set/change the currently linked app, you can click on the ‘R’ button on the right hand side of the GoZ buttons line.

#7

thanks Max33 - repeated installs did nothing. As stated in the previous post all of those elements needed to be manually placed in the correct folders.

#8

Im on win 7 64 bit. Running max 2011 64 bit. All I had to do was install goz into the ZB exe that lives in the program files folder on drive C.