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Ring Master! unofficial - Information, Installation
Ring Master! unofficial - Information, Installation
Ring Master!
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(Current Version is 1.3 Updated 03/25/2016)
by: Joseph Drust
Ring Master allows you to quickly create Ring Band Basemeshes at a precise size for Jewelry creation
This plugin is unofficial.
Main features
- Creates a Ring Band Basemesh at a precise mm size, thickness, and width
- Exports out to scale via *.obj
- Great for using with the ZModeler Brush and Dynamesh to create rings
- No need for an external application to create a precise ring band for use in ZBrush.
Usage
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2Q-pez-9A
Installation
**** Make sure you have updated to 'ZBrush 4R7 P3' or later! *****
ZBrush 4R7 32bit:
UnZip the RingMaster_v1.0_x32.ZIP file to your \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R7\ZStartup\ZPlugs\ folder.
Restart ZBrush.
Ring Master will be located under the Zplugin tab.
ZBrush 4R7 64bit:
UnZip the RingMaster_v1.0_x32.ZIP file to your \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R7\ZStartup\ZPlugs64\ folder.
Restart ZBrush.
Ring Master will be located under the Zplugin tab.
**** Make sure you have updated to 'ZBrush 4R7 P3' or later! *****
*The plugin will create a new tool that contains a 1in(25.4mm) cube, a precise mandrel, and the ring band.
*Use *.ZTL when saving any created ring files (The creation process uses multiple tools to generate the band that can cause *.ZPR bloating.)
*As always, remember to save before using!
Change Log
v1.0: Initial GumRoad Public Release
Notes
Over the holidays I started messing with some 3D Printed ring designs and needed ring bands to be a precise scale. I grew tired of leaving ZBrush to generate a certain sized band, so I wrote this little script so I never have to again :)
This will be the first plugin I will be releasing with a cost associated with it (price is set at $1.) The link to the plugin is below and will take you to my GumRoad site: https://gumroad.com/piggyson#
I have created quite a few ring basemeshes using this plugin then modified inside of ZBrush with the ZModeler Brush, Nanomesh, and Dynamesh. So far they all have held the correct size and printed well on a FormLabs Form2 but I am far from an experienced coder so if you run into any bugs please post them in this thread and I will try to get them resolved. :)
Hopefully this plugin will be useful! I had a flux capacitor moment when I got it to work and have been making rings non stop.
-Joseph
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A big thanks - and a side note
Joseph - first off I would like to say thanks for creating this little piece of magic. I also use ZB for making jewellery and this really simplifies my process for iterating base meshes. Nice job!
I also wanted to let you know that when I downloaded the files yesterday I noticed that the files in the 32 bit folder are named the same as the files in the 64 bit folder. Not sure if the files are different as I only loaded the 64 bit versions.
Thanks again for this plugin and all the other awesome work you do for the community.
Stephen
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Ring Master! Version 1.1 Update unofficial - Information, Installation
Ring Master! unofficial - Information, Installation
Ring Master!
[CLICK HERE TO GET CURRENT VERSION]
by: Joseph Drust
Ring Master allows you to quickly create Ring Band Basemeshes at a precise size for Jewelry creation
This plugin is unofficial.
Main features
- Creates a Ring Band Basemesh at a precise mm size, thickness, and width
- Exports out to scale via *.obj
- Great for using with the ZModeler Brush and Dynamesh to create rings
- No need for an external application to create a precise ring band for use in ZBrush.
Usage
Video Tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn9ZXTp84GE
Installation
**** Make sure you have updated to 'ZBrush 4R7 P3' or later! *****
ZBrush 4R7 32bit:
UnZip the RingMaster_v1.1_x32.ZIP file to your \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R7\ZStartup\ZPlugs\ folder.
Restart ZBrush.
Ring Master will be located under the Zplugin tab.
ZBrush 4R7 64bit:
UnZip the RingMaster_v1.1_x32.ZIP file to your \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R7\ZStartup\ZPlugs64\ folder.
Restart ZBrush.
Ring Master will be located under the Zplugin tab.
**** Make sure you have updated to 'ZBrush 4R7 P3' or later! *****
*The plugin will create a new tool that contains a 1in(25.4mm) cube, a precise mandrel, and the ring band.
*Use *.ZTL when saving any created ring files (The creation process uses multiple tools to generate the band that can cause *.ZPR bloating.)
*As always, remember to save before using!
Change Log
v1.0: Initial GumRoad Public Release
v1.1: Added US Half Sizes, Increased MM values for creating Bracelets, Added Config options, Added Gem Stones
Notes
Thank you all for the support; I am glad to hear that the plugin is of use! By request I have added some additional options to the plugin. The addition of US Half Sizes has been added along with the ability to modify the default values for these (watch the above for how to do this.) The mm value has been increased to allow the creation of bracelets up to 80mm. Help text should now show up correctly and the storing of the default settings should now work in the x32 version.
Finally I have added the support for Gem Stones. This will allow you to create new subtools with the correctly sized stones. These stone files can be replaced with custom ones if needed (see video above.)
If you have already downloaded the plugin through my GumRoad site you should recieve an email with a link to the new version. If you do not let me know and I'll see what I can do :) Here is the link my GumRoad site: https://gumroad.com/piggyson#
If you run into any issues or potential bugs just post them here and I'll attempt to fix them :)
-Joseph
P.S. If you are looking for more information relating to creating Jewelry inside of ZBrush I recommend checking out Tomas Wittelsbach's thread here on ZBC: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr...lry-Sketchbook
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