scale object in zbrush

transistor

I'm new to zbrush.

I've used goz to send my mesh to zbrush from max. I can't seem to put the tool into the canvas without making it HUGE.

In edit mode, if I use the scale tool to make it smaller, it just seems to take forever... dragging and dragging, while it scales at a slow increment.

Is there a faster way to scale things? Or is there a setting somewhere, that I can adjust the document scale, etc?

Thanks in advance

Eric Chadwick

The tool scale in Zbrush doesn't matter. Unless you're making it a subtool... are you?

Dan Powell

If you open the "Initialize" pallete then click Unify it will scale the mesh down to an appropriate size in ZBrush

Alternatively just shrink your model to 1% of the size when you export it from 3DS Max, then when you reimport it, scale it by 10000% to get it back to the right size

transistor

@Eric
Hmmm, yeah, I wouldn't think that scale matters either, except - it seems with a MASSIVE object, it scales too large relative to my brush draw size. That's basically the problem I'm having.

@Dan
I'm sorry, where is the '"initialize" pallete?' I can't find it...
And yeah, I'll keep the scaling trick in mind for export, and import, but like I said, I was just using goz, which is a 1-click thing as far as I can see. But maybe there are settings for scale hidden somewhere.

Thanks again guys

Dan Powell

transistor wrote: »

I'm sorry, where is the '"initialize" pallete?' I can't find it...

Woops, sorry I meant the Deformation Pallet. My bad!

transistor wrote: »

I was just using goz, which is a 1-click thing as far as I can see. But maybe there are settings for scale hidden somewhere.

It works for GoZ too. Just scale your model down to 1%, Reset the XFORM, then GoZ it. When you've finished with it in ZBrush, just GoZ it back into 3DS Max, then scale it to 10000%, which will put it back to the original size.

I'd strongly recommend using the scaling method, as you have 100% control over the scale. I'm honestly not sure how Unify scales things, but what it does is scale things down so that they're a good size in ZBrush.

Crolock

The Unify will simply scale the object according to his bounding box to match a 1*1*1 Zbrush's unit Cube. It's perfect to quickly scale a mesh and avoid problems with brush size for exemple or use dynamesh.
But the scaling method explained by Dan Powell is the way to go. I have the same issue with maya, most of the time I make a base mesh with correct scaling then use the same technic then scale back to it original size my low poly retopo when I am done.

There is a various scaling method inside Zbrush but they are inconsistent.