Zbrush Question - Curve Problem

Twister3

Alright I have another question regarding the curve mode function of insert brushes.

Is there a way to draw out a curve straight out of a surface? Kinda in the direction of the surface normals? Because currently it just draws it along the surface and that's hella annoying!

Here's a picture showing what I mean:

Twister3

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cryrid

You could turn off surface snap and draw from the side perhaps

Twister3

The thing is, snap is off but it still draws the stroke straight out...

illo

if that is a 3d plane, remove it and try it that way, also if need be you can always create a separate mesh extending to where you need it and then merge the two. As a third option I suppose you could also grab the snake hook brush and pull that around, dynameshing when needed.

cryrid

cryrid wrote: »

You could turn off surface snap and draw from the side perhaps

You'll have to be completely at the side. If you're approaching from an angle like that (drawing the mouse over a large part of the surface), you'll also have to change the Picker settings to Once Z so that it doesn't continually sample the depth

Twister3

cryrid wrote: »

You'll have to be completely at the side. If you're approaching from an angle like that (drawing the mouse over a large part of the surface), you'll also have to change the Picker settings to Once Z so that it doesn't continually sample the depth

Thanks man, that was totally it! Once Z was the solution. All these years and I've never even opened the picker palette... Makes me wonder what else I've missed!