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Question: How to make a toggle button?

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#1

So I know very little about scripting but I made a couple macros. One to turn Colorize “ON” for all subtools and another to turn Colorize “OFF” for all subtools. I was wondering if there was a way to just make it a toggle so I could just have one button? Attached is the macro.

Also, I was wondering if that toggle could be used for slider values? For example I wanted to make a toggle for the brush setting “Automask by Polygroups.” It’s is a slider from 0 to 100. The button would toggle the value between 0 and 100.

#2

All you need to do is put in a test so that if the button or slider is in one state then your macro sets the other state. You use the [If statement like this:


[If,[IGet,Tool:Polypaint:Colorize] == 1,//the button will return 1 if it's on
[IUnPress,Tool:Polypaint:Colorize]
,//else it's off so turn it on	
[IPress,Tool:Polypaint:Colorize]
]

and for the brush masking


[If,[IGet,Brush:Auto Masking:Mask By Polygroups] == 0,
[ISet,Brush:Auto Masking:Mask By Polygroups,100]
,//else set to zero
[ISet,Brush:Auto Masking:Mask By Polygroups,0]
]

Note that the brush masking toggle will turn off if the slider is set to any value above 0.

HTH,

#3

Man this is awesome. The colorize toggle worked perfectly! You made me very happy Marcus.

I tried the brush masking code but it didn’t seem to work. Is there something else I have to add to it?

#4

I’m sorry, I cut and pasted the code and managed to introduce a couple of extra brackets. Try again, I’ve corrected it. If it still doesn’t work, post your macro and I’ll take a look.

#5

Yea I wasn’t able to get it to work.

#6

I only posted a code snippet - you need to have a button for the macro to appear (and work). Try this version.

#7

Ah right, Thank you so much! This is really awesome.

#8

Is it possible to have zbrush remember the toggle state so that when you restart zbrush the toggle button is always on or off?

Thanks

#9

Yes, but you have to be careful. The macro (or plugin) sets the state on start up having read the value from a file. If you try to set an interface item that isn’t present when ZBrush launches then you could get an error (for example, the activate symmetry button which only becomes available when a 3D tool is selected).

Anyhow, the attached macro shows the basic idea.

#10

Holy crap that is amazingly awesome! It works perfectly! Thank you so much Marcus!:D:D:D

#11

Eric,

Here’s another way to do toggles which may interest you:

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showpost.php?p=871353&postcount=52

#12

I wish I understood any of the stuff above.