"delete hidden geometry" alters remaining mesh [Answered]

[Mikademius]

Hi guys. I have been fiddling around in Zbrush 4R4 these days and I stumbled upon something interesting.
If you hide geometry and want to delete it by pressing “Del Hidden”, Zbrush alters the remaining mesh quite heavily.
It has killed many of my meshes because I didn’t notice it before it was too late. Tried masking as well, but it ignores
that. Anyone had the same issue? If so, did you manage to bypass it?

The workaround I have done so far is to import a new mesh with the deleted parts from Maya. Zbrush will then don’t worry
about the deleted geo, but it’s not a sustainable solution.

I’ve done a brick wall to illustrate the issue:
Top one is before, bottom is after. Notice the first couple of rows of bricks

any ideas apreciated

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[Gordon_Robb]

Sorry, but it’s not clear from that image what problem I’m supposed to be seeing.

[Cryrid]

Are there subdivision levels, and if so are you freezing them first?

[Mikademius]

Gordon, the distance between the bricks are greater after delete. If you put the images on top of each other in PS you can see a significant change.

Cryrid, yes, I do have subdiv level and I did not freeze them. Thanks for the tip. I’ll look into that.

[Mikademius]

Freeze works. Thanks!