FJTools - ZBrush plugin

floon

Hey fellow Polycounters!

FJTools is a Plugin for ZBrush, that will help you to organise your Subtools and speed up your workflow in general. It does so by automating repetitive tasks, or solving them intuitively.
You can find the plugin on ArtStation, Gumroad and Cubebrush.

Disclaimer:

The plugin is designed for ZBrush 2019/2020 and was thoroughly tested on a Windows machine. Mac support was verified as well, but as I do not own a Mac, I could not test it myself.
Previous versions of ZBrush are NOT supported.

Feature breakdown:

All features are explained in a mini video series, which can be found on the plugins’ ArtStation page or YouTube!

Installation:

To install FJTools simply copy the "FJTools_1_5.zsc" file, along with the "FJTools_1_5_Data"-folder into the Zplugs64-folder of your ZBrush 2019/2020/2021 installation. The path should look similar to this:

...\Pixologic\ZBrush 2019[2020][2021]\ZStartup\ZPlugs64

Done!

Upgrade:

Should you be upgrading from a previous version, make sure to delete the old .zsc file AND the corresponding data folder first. After that just follow the installation above.

Also be sure to check out thehttps://youtu.be/0ZDVoJCECyY FJTools 1.5 — Feature Highlight video, to see what has changed!

Special Thanks for the awesome feedback to:

• Rodrigo Gonçalves Artstation
  

floon

Version 1.5 is live now!

I recorded a short video featuring some of the highlights:

Be sure to check out ArtStation, Gumroad or Cubebrush, if you are interessted.

commonormal

Hello all   works fine and nice/ But i have a big trouble when use  it with another ZAdjustor (2.1 ver)  plugin.  After any button  FjTools Zbrush (2020.1.4) don't see any input from keyboard or mouse or do it but in ugly way - when  press "A" they read as "alt+S" and all in this way.  And cursor is hidden. Debug after this attached.

floon

Hey @commonormal

I am very sorry to hear about your issues. I installed the plugin as well and could reproduce the behavior you were describing.
From what I can tell, this is an issue with ZAdjustor though. I ran into the exact same issue when using Ctrl+v as the ZAdjustor Hotkey without running any other plugin.
I know this doesn't really help you, so I fear you might have to decide which plugin is more important for your workflow. Sorry that I don't have better news for you .
Have you tried to get in touch with the creator of ZAdjustor yet?

SZS

Hi there... Love the plugin! Osom job.

I found that the QMask does no work... wonder why. Using 2021.1.2 Zbrush.

floon

@SZS happy to hear that you like the plugin . I'll get in touch with you via PM about your issue

torba

I'm just popping in to thank you for the QMerge functionality @floon
It's an awesome time-saver, thanks!

floon

@torba Happy to hear that you can still put it to good use

I also got a report about an issue with coloring in 2021, so I'll release an hotfix soon

floon

I just released a small hotfix for FJTools!

Changelog:

• Fixed an issue that occurred in ZBrush 2021 when colorizing meshes that had layers in rec mode. Shout out to Sean Forsyth (https://www.artstation.com/sforsyth), who made me aware of this!
• Added a possibility to adjust the ZRemesher settings, which are used in EasyExtract/EasyRebuild. Thanks to James K (https://www.artstation.com/jamesk1) who suggested this!
• Fixed a bug that caused issues when using EasyExtract/EasyRebuild on meshes with layers
• Improved the EasyExtract function to be more precise when used with thin masks
  

jekanev

commonormal said:

Hello all   works fine and nice/ But i have a big trouble when use  it with another ZAdjustor (2.1 ver)  plugin.  After any button  FjTools Zbrush (2020.1.4) don't see any input from keyboard or mouse or do it but in ugly way - when  press "A" they read as "alt+S" and all in this way.  And cursor is hidden. Debug after this attached.

Hi i have same issue. i fix this issue with running any macro after using fjtools then i can resize brush with ZAdjustor and have no issues. its bit tricky don't forgot click any simple macro after fjtools  but work for me al last.   

floon

I just pushed a mini patch to 1.5.2, that fixed an issue that occurred in ZBrush 2021.5+ where the color features caused issues when used on Subtools with active layers!

floon

Time for another small patch!

1.5.3 Changelog:

• Fixed an issue that occurred in ZBrush 2021.7+ where the color features caused issues when used on Subtools with active layers.
• Added Hide/Show All buttons to the visibility section
• Added a Clear Mask function to the managing section

Unfortunately did not manage to solve the issue with the ZAdjustor plugin.

Elithenia

Love it!  

floon

Just a small patch to make everything work again in 2022

1.5.4 Changelog:

• Fixed an issue that occurred in ZBrush 2022 where the color features caused issues when used on Subtools with active layers.

torba

Thank you Flo!
On my end the updater still thinks there's a newer version after installing 1.5.4 . It's not an issue for me at all, just thought you might want to know about it.
Thanks again for your awesome plugin;
cheers

floon

Ahh right, thanks for letting me know @torba!