Hotkeys

Custom hotkeys can be assigned to suit your particular working method. See here for Default Shortcuts.

Setting Custom Hotkeys

  1. Press and hold CTRL + ALT and click on the interface item you want to assign a hotkey to. This could be a button, a slider or a palette.
  2. Press the key on your keyboard you want to assign the interface item to or press ESC to exit.

Mouse Wheel Support

ZBrush 4R5 supports the mouse wheel for devices that have one. The actions per­formed by scrolling the mouse wheel up or down can be assigned to various ZBrush sliders such as Draw Size. To use this feature, assign a hotkey like normal but scroll the mouse wheel instead of pressing a key command.

Assign a Palette to a Hotkey

  1. Press and hold CTRL + ALT and click on the palette.
  2. Press the key on your keyboard you want to assign the interface item to or press ESC to exit.

When a hotkey is assigned to a palette the top center of the palette will appear under your cursor when you press the hotkey. If the entire palette can not show within in the interface the palette will be moved vertically upwards until it fits into the ZBrush window.

By default the Alpha, Stroke, Tools, Brushes, Texture and Material palette are assigned to F1 through F6.

Assigning a Brush to a Hotkey

To assign a brush to a key follow the steps below:

  1. Press and hold CTRL + ALT and click on the brush in the Brush palette. You can click on a brush icon in the Brush palette or in the Brush pop-up.
  2. Press the key on your keyboard you want to assign the interface item to or press ESC to exit.

You can also change the last letter hotkey used to pick a brush from the brush popup, such as changing the default B+S+T for the Standard Brush to B+S+X :

  1. Press B so the brush popup shows.
  2. Press the initial letter of the brush you want (for example, S for Standard Brush)
  3. Hold Ctrl+Alt and click on the brush icon in the popup.
  4. Press the key on your keyboard that you want to use.

Saving Your Hotkeys

  • To store your hotkeys so they are always useable press Preferences: Hotkeys: Store

You can also save your hotkeys in case you do not always want them assigned.

  • To save your hotkeys press Preference: Hotkeys: Save

Important!

Note:  As with other ZBrush configuration files, the StartupHotkeys.txt file is stored in a Public folder on your computer.
On Windows this is: Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData\ZStartup\Hotkeys
On Mac OSX this is: Users/Shared/ZBrushData/ZStartup/Hotkeys

Loading Hotkeys

  • To load your hotkeys press Preferences: Hotkeys: Load

Restore Default Hotkeys

  • To restore your hotkeys to ZBrush’s initial hotkey setup press Preferences: Hotkeys: Restore

Note that this will only restore the hotkeys to those stored in the DefaultHotkeys.txt file and this option is not available after pressing Preferences > Hotkeys > Store. To restore hotkeys to the factory settings see here.

 

Mouse Wheel Support

Scrolling your mouse wheel up or down can be assigned to any slider in place of a hotkey. Simply assign the hotkey like you normally would but scroll the mouse wheel instead of pressing a key.