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Centering image plane?

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

I’ve been trying to center a polysphere on an image plane x for a few hours. If i make the sphere larger and then bring in an image plane x, the sphere shrinks down and moves to the upper right corner of the image plane. I can’t seem to move the sphere independently of the image plane in order to center the sphere on the image plane, or center the image plane in the sphere.

Is there a trick to doing this?

Tweek just, well tweeks the sphere. Doesn’t move the sphere independently of the image plane so I can center them.

#2

“.” (period)key should center your visible mesh in the screen. Or have I misunderstood your problem?

If you’re trying to center the canvas, just hit the 1x “actual” magnification button, then center your mesh.

#3

If in “edit” mode use the key " . " that centers the object on your screen and scales it !

…

Eh, “bingo” Jackson:D

jantim

#4

That does not work. The “.” period key centers both the image plane and the sphere in the center of the screen with the polysphere still in the top right of the image plane. If I go into standard mode and use move, which I guess is transpose now, I can move the sphere into the center of the image plane, but I am no longer able to work on both sides of the polysphere at the same time, the sphere loses symetry.

#5

Hi,

I am having EXACTLY the same problem.

I tried to start the Skull tutorial with a polycube and reduced the subdivisionon it. When I do that and use the Image Plane X Macro. Everything appears as you said.

I tried the “.” trick on both subtools (my cube and planes) and in one alone by turn.

And it doesn’t work either, you lost the symmetry.

I would like that someone can explain the coordinate system on ZB3, and if it is possible to align subtools between them.

As well if you have a subtool moved, how to center it relative to another.

But my guess it is there are not such tools on ZB3 yet! :frowning:

Best regards,
David

#6

In the ZBrush 3 … \ZTools folder you will find a ztool named ImagePlaneX.ZTL. Make a copy of this file somewhere as a backup and then replace the file in the ZTools folder with the one in this post (unzip it first!). Restart ZBrush and then try the ImagePlaneX method. Let me know if it helps!

#7

Thanks Marcus. Your new file works perfectly.

#8

Great! :slight_smile:

#9

What did you do Marcus. I’d like to know.

#10

Hi,

It worked for me as well. Can I ask you what you made it to make it work?

Best regards,
David

#11

The ImagePlaneX ztool pivot point was not in the center. This was causing it to be offset when appended to the PolySphere (or whatever). It was a simple matter to center the pivot point and save the ztl.

#12

Hi Marcus,

You must report it as a bug! :slight_smile: And add your solution as well! :slight_smile:

This has been make me mad for several hours! :slight_smile:

Best regards,
David

#13

Hello David,

Well, I’m glad we got it sorted!

Have fun,

#14

Thats weird !..i works in my final beta 2 …good thing i still haven’t got my ZB3 license key :wink:

jantim

#15

Thanks for the explanation.

Yes. I agree.