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Bug/Glitch??? When using imported obj as tool (answered)

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#1

Hey, everyone. I’m SUPER new to Zbrush; my forte is with concept design, but Zbrush is too amazing of a program not to familiarize myself with it. While messing around, i think i may have stumbled upon a bug:

So, i created a really simple geometric shape in Modo and imported it as an OBJ tool in zbrush. I dragged it to the size i wanted, then entered edit mode. I subdivided it about 3 or 4 times with SMT disabled so that it would keep the hard sharp edges. I then masked off the edges with symmetry and then inverted the selection so only my edges were selected. I then applied noise in an attempt to add some wear and tear. After fiddling with the noise settings, i then did a few steps of Undo. After that my model instantly transformed into the default ‘star’ like object - the one with 6 points. Not really sure what or why this happened. Does anyone know what’s going on?

best,

Evan

#2

It sounds like you used undo one too many times - in other words you undid right back to before you imported the mesh.

#3

Hmm. okay, thanks. Why would it instantiate that star thing then? I never even used it. Also, the star thing took on the name of the tool i’d imported.

#4

The star is the default ZBrush polymesh. It’s automatically selected when you import an OBJ, though normally this is hidden from the user.

#5

Hmm. okay. Interesting. THank you ;D