Hello all and happy new ZBrush 4R5!
I’d like to know how to export all UI elements, startup document from one computer to another: what files should I copy in order to have ZBrush similar between them?
I’m asking this, because I’m moving for holiday, i.e. I can’t check if I’m taking the right files, so, please, describe as much as possible.
Thanks in advance.
Michele
This from the 4R5 pdf
IMPORTANT NOTICE - ZBRUSH FILES
ZBrush now manages all temporary and configuration files in a dedicated public folder.
On Windows, this is the C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData folder.
For Mac OS
X it is the Users/Public/ZBrushData folder. NB: On my machine the route is actually Users/Shared/ZBrushData
The files stored in this folder include your custom interface hotkey configuration. This
simplifies reinstallation or upgrading ZBrush, since it will not be necessary to first move
or backup these files.
Another purpose of this change is to reduce issues with file permissions which can
affect some installations.
The path of the public ZBrush folder can’t be changed.
Another enhancement since ZBrush 4R4 is that it is now possible to change the location
where ZBrush will write temporary files when compacting memory. When working
with ZBrush, it is often necessary for the operating system to manage very large amounts
of data with frequent read and write access. (Approximately 4-8 GB of data.) If your
system drive isn’t the fastest on your computer, you can set ZBrush to use a different
drive instead. This is done by editing the ZBrushScratchDiskPath.txt file located in the
C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData folder on Windows or Users/Public/ZBrushData
folder on Mac OS X.
as far as I can see if you go the full install route you’ll have to transfer over many of your other settings such as brushes, grids,ztools,materials etc etc manually
I usually just copy the /zstartup folder in order to get custom brushes, materials, UIs, etc that I have stored there. If you have customized your lightbox directory any, then you’ll probably have to copy any changes made to ZAlphas, ZBrushes, ZMaterials, etc.