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28 chapter 1 ■ Blocking In the Mesh

2. With the tool loaded, go to Tool → Subtool and click the Append button. Select the

ZSphere tool from the popup menu to append it as a subtool of the head measure

guide. Make sure the ZSphere is the active subtool by clicking on it before you pro-

ceed. Also, make sure perspective is off by pressing the P hotkey. We will want to

build this mesh in orthographic view.

You will now have the eight-head measure guide loaded as a ZTool with a ZSphere as

a subtool.

5. Move the ZSphere so it lies on the 3rd head measure. You can move the ZSphere by

pressing the W hotkey to enter move mode, or by selecting Move from the top of the

screen. You will also want to scale the ZSphere down so it is about the size of one head

unit or the spaces between the lines on the head measure guide. Scaling is preformed

by selecting Scale from the top of the screen or pressing the E hotkey.

Make sure you are in draw mode by pressing the Q key or selecting Draw from the

top of the screen. Press the X key to enter X symmetry mode. This will turn your

cursor into two green dots. You know you are centered on the ZSphere when the

two dots become one. Rotate to the bottom view of the ZSphere. You will need to

enable transparency on the right side of the screen to see through the head measures

to the ZSphere. As of ZBrush 3.5, you can adjust the transparency effect by going to

Preferences

→ Draw, and turning off GhostClearTransparency. There are also several

sliders here that can further reﬁne the transparency effect to your liking. Make sure

your two dots join into one on the surface of the ZSphere, and draw a new ZSphere

on the bottom of the ﬂoor by click-dragging on the ﬁrst sphere. If you press Shift while

drawing, the sphere will become the same size as the original. Rotate to the top view

and repeat the process (Figure 1.54).

6. Press the A key to preview the mesh. Your mesh should look like Figure 1.55. Press A

again to exit preview mode, and move the bottom sphere to the 4th head measure line

and the top sphere to the shoulder line as seen in Figure 1.56. If you have problems

seeing the head measure lines, turn off transparency so they become opaque again.

Figure 1.54 The initial ZSphere chain

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