3D Navigation

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3D navigation has been improved in ZBrush 3.5, providing several new ways to move your model in front of the camera or pan the camera across the canvas. This is the list of all the navigation capabilities of ZBrush.

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Rotate

Left click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or outside of the Edit rectangle. This action is only available when the cursor is not over a ZTool or a painted part of the canvas. New: Right-click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or over a ZTool or painted part of the canvas. Click & drag on the Rotate button available on the right Shelf in the interface or in the Transform palette.

Move (Pan)

Press ALT key and do a Left click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or outside of the Edit rectangle. This action is not available when the cursor is over a ZTool or a painted part of the canvas. New: Press ALT key and do a Right-click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or over a ZTool or painted part of the canvas. Click & drag on the Move button available on the right Shelf in the interface or in the Transform palette.

Scale (Zoom 3D)

Press ALT key and do a Left click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or outside of the Edit rectangle. While doing this action, release the ALT key without releasing the click. This action is not available when the cursor is over a ZTool or a painted part of the canvas. New: Press the CTRL key and do a Right-click & drag in an empty space of the canvas or over a ZTool or painted part of the canvas. Click & drag on the Move button available on the right Shelf in the interface or in the Transform palette.

Frame the Current Tool

ALT+Click in an empty space of the canvas. Click on the Frame button available on the right Shelf in the interface or in the Transform palette. Shortcut = f Note: After selecting Subtool, clicking “Frame” once will frame selected Subtool. Click “Frame” again to frame the whole ZTool.

Frame the Current SubTool

ALT+Click in on the selected SubTool. Click on the Frame button available on the right Shelf in the interface or in the Transform palette. Shortcut= f

Select a SubTool

ALT+Click on an unselected SubTool to select it.

Frame View

An icon has been added to perform the Frame operation, which consists of a zoom to make the current ZTool or SubTool fit within the document space.

This button is located in the Transform palette and a copy of the button is on the right Shelf, located at the border of the document.

Shortcut: F or ALT+Click in an empty space of the canvas.

Note: This function was available in the previous version of ZBrush, but only via the keyboard shortcut.

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