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ZBrush 4.0 - Position Mesh to Surface and Scale Key Mapping - Questions

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

Hey to all,

I was wondering if ZB has a ‘object painting’ solution, where you essentially put a mesh on the surface of another mesh.

No remeshing, welding or any of that complicated stuff, just positioning a mesh of my choice, on the surface of another mesh.

Also, related to this, if it’s not possible, will it be possible instead to create a sphere, and have it act like a spline, on which chosen mesh’s follow down the line?

I recall vaguely that ZB could do something like this, just not sure how or if it was changed or if it was possible.

To give an example of what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8zPOS_1ds&feature=youtu.be&t=5m6s

Second question, is there anyway I can remap the ‘scale’ (zoom of Hold ALT, press Left mouse button and then release it) button in ZB to a specific key? I’m trying to bind it to the Z key, but it doesn’t work, and the one in my space bar bind also doesn’t work, any ideas if there is a way for me to force ‘hack’ this in text files or something?

Cheers!

#2

The video is showing the same thing you can do in ZBrush via the Mesh Insert brushes.

Another option, depending on your needs could be the Match Maker brush. It has a demo video halfway down this page: http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/features/zbrush4/sculpt-and-productivity/

As for your final question, that is not possible. Keyboard navigation is hard-coded into ZBrush at this time and may not be remapped.

#3

MeshInsert Brush and MatchMaker, got it!

About the scale tool, understood, hard-coded, no biggie. I was however curious as to the one on the Space Bar which bring up the panel with the scale tool on it is supposed to work?

I just tried again, both custom and standard UI, and it doesn’t seem to do anything, is this a bug, or an obsolete command?

Cheers!

#4

Spacebar panel works for me. Did you remap it and forget about it?

#5

My bad, I guess I didn’t explain well enough and ended up complicating more then needed, the Space Bar panel works fine, it the commands in it that don’t, specially, the rotate, move and scale ones.

Here is a video with said issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKJonPq5UA0