Can I Sculpt a Mirrored Mesh in Zbrush?

_Swerve_

Hey guys, I have imported a mesh to Zbrush to sculpt that had been mirrored. I did a quick test to see if I could export out a quick normal. It seem that when I subdivided it moved my UVs around and there is a giant blank spot along the middle of the seam where I had sculpted detail. Is there a way for me to lock my UVs in place before I subdivide? I was just wondering what the proper work flow was to get this done.

mikezoo

After you subdivide your mesh to what ever lvl you need; go back down to suv-div lvl 1 and re-import your original mesh that has the correct UVs. That should do it.

_Swerve_

and then just project the details from the high res to the low res?

_Swerve_

or is there a way to actually swap out the original subdivided base mesh with a new one?

mikezoo

naw dude you should be good. You shouldent have to re-project anything. Your Uvs wont get screwy because you have already sub-divided your mesh.

If it is asking/telling you that you have to re-project to mesh, then that means you vert ID order changed when sub-dividing. To work around this just export you lv1 1 zbrush mesh into maya/max. Adjust UVs. Re-import back into zbrush. and its fix.

Fingus

If I remember correctly there's a smooth UV option that you can turn off as well?