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#1

Hi there. I have started using ZBrush a couple of days ago and
I have not got a clue what to do at the moment…

Would be great if you can help me:
Sometimes, I cannot edit my model at all.
I don’ know how to re-edit the model or how to save the editable model as
3D.

What I have been trying for the last 2days is to rig a human model, move the human, and export the moved human model to an OBJ file so that I can edit it in 3ds max after.

Would anyone can help me???

thanks in advance.

#2

Are you using Tool>Save As and Tool>Export?

The Document palette is used for the canvas. The Tool palette is used for things that can add pixols to the canvas, including 3D objects.

#3

thanks for the help…

well here’s what I have done:
1-get super average man onto the new document

2-create Zsphere on the same document, click Rigging with and select the average man as a mesh.

3-edit the Zmorph above into the man’s skelton

4-Bind mesh and move the man to what I want

well, I can do it till here but cannot export the average man into OBJ file.
If I take off the Bind mesh that goes back to where I started.

It would be great if anyone can help me.

#4

Ok, the problem is that you’re still working with ZSpheres. This is an object generator rather than an actual object. You must skin the ZSpheres (Tool>Adaptive Skin>Make Adaptive) before you can export.

By the way, you might consider using TransPose rather than ZSphere rigging to pose your figure. Then you don’t have to worry about skinning. You can also create a layer in the Tool>Layer menu that will hold the pose. This allows you to turn the pose on and off as needed.

#5

thanks.
I managed to get an OBJ file out of it.

I have tried Transpose before and I wasn’t sure about the masking…
I couldn’t move where I wanted. Is there any other way than free hand
masking?

Apart from that, there’s 2 more thing I really really want to know:

  • It would be bloody awesome to know how to re-edit the 3D model.
    sometimes I cannot go back to the edit mode…

  • Is there any way to save the file so that I have basic rig and average man and as soon as I open the file, I can start adding the movement to
    the average man rather than drawing the rig everytime??

thank you in advance.
It is much appreciated as I am new to ZBrush…

#6

1) It sounds like you’re probably selecting another tool or doing something else that drops your model to the canvas. This converts it to 2.5D, which cannot be changed back to 3D. Clear the canvas and draw your model on it again, then enter edit mode again. Alternatively, you’re saving as document rather than as tool.

  1. Yes. Save your rigged model (Tool>Save As) while it’s still connected to the ZSpheres. When you load the tool again it will still be the ZSphere figure, which means it will have the rig.
#7

Hi,

I have been trying to SubT my rigged mesh but it’s showing an error " Error: -32 : Operation aborted" and other times it just shows “Not found”
Not sure why the Tpose mesh data gets lost once I enter the Zsphere rig mode.
If you have a clue do let me know.

Thank you