[IButton,???,"Clear The Matcap assignment of all Subtools",
[VarDef,subtoolName,""] // Define a new variable to store the current subtool name
[VarDef,subtool(1024),0] // Define a Variable list to store the subtool active index
[VarSet,totalSubtools,[SubToolGetCount]] // create a variable to define the number of loop based on the subtools count
[VarSet,activeSubtool,[SubToolGetActiveIndex]] // create a variable with the current subtool Index
// Select the first subtool in the list
[If, activeSubtool==0,
[SubToolSelect,1]
]
// Loop to fill every subtool with the Flat Color matcap until it runs out of subtools
[Loop, totalSubtools,
[SubToolSelect,[Val,n]]
[IFreeze,
[IPress,Material:Flat Color]
[IPress,Draw:M]
[IPress,Color:FillObject]
[IUnPress,Draw:M]
[IPress,Material:SkinShade4]
]
,n]
]
^This will CLEAR all assigned Matcaps from every subtool^
As before you can copy paste this script into sublime text and save as a text file in your macros directory ex: "C:\Program Files\Pixologic\ZBrush 2018\ZStartup\Macros"
[IButton,???,"Fill all Subtools with current Matcap",
[VarDef,subtoolName,""] // Define a new variable to store the current subtool name
[VarDef,subtool(1024),0] // Define a Variable list to store the subtool active index
[VarSet,totalSubtools,[SubToolGetCount]] // create a variable to define the number of loop based on the subtools count
[VarSet,activeSubtool,[SubToolGetActiveIndex]] // create a variable with the current subtool Index
// Select the first subtool of the Ztool
[If, activeSubtool==0,
[SubToolSelect,1]
]
// Loop to fill every subtool with the current matcap until it runs out of subtools
[Loop, totalSubtools,
[SubToolSelect,[Val,n]]
[IPress,Draw:M]
[IPress,Color:FillObject]
[IPress,Tool:SubTool:SelectDown]
,n]
]
^This will ASSIGN CURRENT Matcap to every subtool^
What does it do? Often when moving a Ztool from one pc to another the matcap assignments will get mixed up.
So this script:
1 - Stores all of the Subtools into a list
2 - Selects the first Subtool in that list
3 - Script 1 Works through each item (subtool) in the list and fills each one with the special "flat color matcap"..
Script 2 does something similar but instead of clearing the matcap it assigns whichever matcap is currently selected.
4 - The script stops when it runs down the list.
If you install them correctly you should now have two buttons in your macro menu named whatever you saved them as:
Open one in Sublime it should look like this:
So the loop is set up - if you change the highlighted commands out with something else it will play that action out on all subtools. Maybe you'd like to apply a polish or surface noise on all subtools. Maybe a random rotation. Experiment Good luck :)
Special thanks to https://puppet-master.net for sharing the above script examples I edited to help me understand using the loop on subtools. His code and comments are very helpful. I hope he uploads more examples!
