Zwiss Tools (for windows)

Swiss tools is a collection of small scripts and utilities that I have been using for a while and I compiled as a Plugin for Zbrush. It’s intended for windows only, although some functionalities are ZScript and should also work on Mac too.

Camera Control.

• Set camera's orientation with precise vertical and horizontal spherical coordinates.
• Set Zoom with precise numerical value.
• Orient the camera normal to any mesh surface of the face. (Useful for texturing).
• Set camera orientation so it matches the Transpose Line. 
• Works  on Win and Mac.
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Drag Master.

• Emulates a canvas stroke with precise Length and Direction.
• Randomize Length and Direction. 
• Select Insert Multi Mesh. 
• Randomize Selected mesh.
• Works  on Win and Mac.
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Brush Cycler.

• Cycle through a selection of brushes in a 3X3 grid.
• Option to display an overlay with selected brushes.
• Customizable selection of brushes and overlays.
• Quickly select your favorite brushes with custom hotkeys or using the arrow keys.
• Quick toggle from Move brush to current brush and viceversa with hotkey. It remembers brush size.
• Works  on Win and Mac.
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Transpose Tools.

• Set and Get Transpose Line's Position with precise values.
• Set and Get Transpose Line's Orientation with precise values.
• Set and Get Transpose Line's Length with precise values.
• Generates Quick Mesh with the same length, position and orientation as the Transpose Line.
• Paste a subtool with the same length, position and orientation as the Transpose Line. 
• Spin around the Transpose line axis with precise angle values.
• Works  on Win and Mac.
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ZSphere Tools.

• Trim all ZSpheres children from selected ZSphere.
• Convenience sliders for deformations specific for ZSpheres.
• Fade Radius size with a hierarchy falloff from Parent to children.
• Adds a new segment with the same Length and Orientation of the selected zsphere with its parent and with the same radius falloff.
• Generates a Convex Hull using ZSpheres as 3D points . (Windos Only)
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Mesh.

• Remesh with even triangles. Creates a new subtool with evenly spaced triangles of similar size that keeps the hard edges and shape.
• Remesh for Cloth creates a new Subtool extracted from the masked part of the model.
• Choose from original mesh, ZRemesher and Even triangles (Better for Cloth brushes and simulation).
• Precise remeshing creates a new subtool based on a distance field allowing to get a precise offset from the original mesh.
• Convex Shape generates meshes from  random points cloud.
• Windows Only.
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Curve Tools.

• Transpose Catenary creates a catenary curve from the two extremes of the Transpose Line.
• Controls for Catenary tension and randomize vertical angle.
• FiberMesh to curves. Creates a new curves set from the active Fibermesh. Only a maximum of 5000 curves are allowed.
• Sliders for FiberMesh count and Segments.
• Windows Only. 
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Ref.

• Append a rigged stylized character as a new subtool.
• Quickly explore character design, proportions and poses.
• Sliders for ZSphere a Mesh layers.
• Randomize layers.
• Works on Win and Mac.
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 ZBrush 2023 Compatibility

• Issue Fixed: The plugin previously faced crashes with ZBrush 2023 due to modifications in the GoZ file format.
• I've updated the plugin to address this, ensuring our software now seamlessly interacts with ZBrush 2023 without crashes.
• For those on ZBrush 2023, please download and install the "ZwissToolsZB23" zipped file available in the download section. This version is optimized for the latest changes in ZBrush 2023.