Hello @Gary_Dombrowski ,
Mesh Extracts are going to be your most useful clothing tool in ZBrushCore.
However, to get the most out of them it helps to realize that you don’t have to create the extracts only on your body mesh. You can duplicate that mesh and sculpt it out of shape in some places, while adhering to the form in others, for the sole purpose of shaping the eventual extract. For instance, if you wanted to sculpt a trench coat flaring in the wind around a character’s legs, you could duplicate that character mesh, fuse the legs together, and sculpt the lower torso into a flared/bell shape. Then when you generate the garment from that shape, it would fit perfectly at the waist of the original while flaring out around the legs, with no tedious point pulling. This could also be done to shape your lapel pieces.
In some situations it may be useful to create the extracts with thickness so the pieces can be fused together with Dynamesh. In other cases it might be useful to extract the mesh with zero thickness and sculpt it into shape before creating some thickness for it. Brush > Automasking> BackFace Mask can be useful for sculpting on one surface that is very close to another rear facing surface without affecting the rear.
Good luck!
