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Noob: Rotating the view for two objects together

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

Thanks, not sure if I’m asking for the right thing.

I have an image plane for reference (Image Plane 4) and want to model in front of it. How can I rotate the whole scene instead of just rotating one object/the view for that object and not the reference?

I want to see the object from all sides without having to align things back afterwards. So I need everything to be rotated together.

#2

Use the image plan X tool. The .pad that comes with it should be editted. Don’t save over the original. The tool can be found in lightbox under tools.

#3

So it’s not possible to rotate the view for more than one object at a time without an additional tool? Isn’t there a modifyer or something so one can just click with the mouse?

#4

So I understand that I cannot rotate the camera around all objects but can I somehow make two objects count as one or something? When you model something after a 2D reference, do you only rotate the model and not the reference? And then you always have to rotate the object back?

Very confused, sorry.

EDIT:

I want to do what the person in this video does, rotate the pane with the model:
‪ZBrush ZSpheres Image Plane XZ‬

#5

the person in that video is using the imagePlaneX tool.

You can append any tool into another tool as a subtool.
tool.subtool.append.

#6

Awesome, thank you, will try it!

#7

I just spent three hours and I must say it is by far the most confusing/frustrating application I have ever used. Still not able to reproduce what’s shown in the video. Is there a way to select objects that have been placed already or can I only draw new objects? I try appending the friggin plane with the texture and it always draws it without the texture.

#8

try the other way around.

append in your mesh into the imagePlaneX tool.
:slight_smile:

Or you can just reapply the image to the imageplane again.

Z does have a bit of a learning curve, but once you get it, you’re golden, and every other application seems to make no sense :slight_smile:

#9

Ok I managed to append correctly it seems. Now I can draw and rotate both the ZSpheres and the image plane. :smiley:

One more thing, can I have the image plane in front of the object with lowered opacity, or the object with lowered opacity, so I can see the image plane in the background?
In order to trace the shape more precisely than when the object is hiding the plane.

Thank you very much!!!

#10

Yes you can.
Preferences.draw.opacity sliders…I think

#11

That only changes my Brush, the drawn/selected objects in the subtool pallette are not affected.

Edit: Oh I have to click on Transparency/Ghost, got it.