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How to combine two bodies?

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#1

Hi Guys,

I’ve recently started using Zbrush and I can say that I am really impressed by the results I get from it. Unfortunatley I stumbled against a frustrating problem:
I just modelled some lips on a surface and I want to combine them with another body I modelled in Solid Works (This part has been exported as a OBJ)
Now I managed to put both parts on the same window, by using the subtool feature. Now my problem is the follows: The part I exported as an obj, is significcantly bigger than it should be and I need to scale it down, but ZBrush won’t let me. Is there a way of scaling parts down when they are in the subtool feature?

Any suggestions?

thank you

#2

TransPose can be used to move/scale/rotate the currently selected SubTool without affecting the other one. If no portion of the SubTool is masked, then it operates on the whole SubTool. If partially masked, it operates on just the unmasked portion.

Alternatively, you can use Tool>Deformation>Size and Offset to scale and reposition the SubTool.

If you don’t know how to use TransPose, see the resources in my signature.

#3

Thank you Aurik

As you said earlier, the transpose tool is the tool to use. I’ve had a look on youtube, but it wasn’t very clear on how exactly it works. But in the end I got what I needed and that was to get both bodies to the right scale. After that I just rendered the final image in photoshop so that they look as if they where one body.

I will have a look at the links you posted and I will try and get them right this time .Thank you very much for replying to me in such short notice,you’ve been very helpfull.

Cheers