ZBrush 4r8: Is there any way to disable the left click on background navigation?

Sabre363

Is there any way to disable the left click on background navigation in ZBrush 4r8? I would like to exclusively use the right click navigation. Having the background navigation makes it unbearably frustrating to sculpt anything on the edges on the mesh. Whenever I try to click near the edge to use the move brush it rotates the whole view and i have to reset to continue sculpting. If there isn't a way to disable left click navigation, is there any way to reassign what left click does or what needs to be pressed to navigate in the background?

goekbenjamin

did you found any solution to this?

melviso

Is there a solution to this. A friend is trying zbrush and he is having this issue.

Sabre363

Unfortunately I don't think there is a solution to this. But I also haven't used ZBrush in ages so I may have forgotten, or things may have changed.

cryrid

While I don't think they let you change left-click navigation itself, 2019 did add a Lock Camera button (Draw: Lock Camera, also found on the Right side of the default UI) to allow you to sculpt near edges without changing your view. 

http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/modeling-basics/perspective/universal-camera/
Scroll down to "Locking the Camera"

Sabre363

Well now that looks like exactly what we needed. Thanks man. I'm gonna have to get back into to ZBrush at some point to check out the new version.

melviso

Thanks cyrid. 

melviso

@cryrid Is the camera in Zbrush correct now? I have been reading about ZBrush camera being different from cameras in 3dsmax, Maya or Blender and because of this when sculpting likeness the 3d model's porportions will be incorrect when imported to these 3d appliactions.
What is the correct focal length to sculpt in ZBrush? 50?
If I recall if u are modeling a head using orthogonal views, perspective should have a focal length of 90 in Blender, 3dsmax or Maya, right?

cryrid

I haven't done any tests with it, but I think they have it set up now to better emulate the cameras from other 3d programs (to the point where you should even be able to import and export different camera views through FBX). I'm not sure what the recommended focal length for sculpting is though. 

melviso

Ok. I will create a new thread to ask about it. Thanks cyrid :- )