Common Zbrush Sculpting Brushes In Mudbox

By Neil Blevins

Created On:

Dec 21st 2012

Updated On:

Dec 31st 2012

While it's rarely possible to get perfect 1 to 1 parity between different pieces of software, here's a few common zbrush brushes replicated in Mudbox. They may not get you 100% of the way there, but they'll definitely do a similar job, and will let you use more easily whichever piece of software you prefer.



Unfortunately, Mudbox doesn't have the best brush preset system, making it impossible for me to just give you these brushes. So instead I've made notes on what sculpting tool to start with, what settings to change, and then use "Add Tool" to save the result.



Clay

Similar to: Zbrush Clay Tubes



Wax

Stamp: Square (Try an oddly shaped hard edged stamp for a more organic looks)





Random: Rotation And Scale 10%



Distance: 1 (may need to be higher if you swap out the square stamp with something else)



Buildup: 100



Falloff: 3





Update Plane: On



Direction: Averaged Normal

Polish

Similar to: Zbrush HPolish



Scrape

Stamp: None



Random: None



Distance: 0





Buildup: 100





Falloff: 5





Update Plane: On



Direction: Averaged Normal

PlanarCut

Similar to: Zbrush Planar Cut



Scrape

Stamp: None



Random: None



Distance: 0





Buildup: 100





Falloff: 5





Update Plane: Off



Direction: Averaged Normal

PlanarAdd

Similar to: Zbrush Planar



Wax

Stamp: Square



Random: None



Distance: 0





Buildup: 100





Falloff: 5





Update Plane: Off



Direction: Averaged Normal

Trim

Similar to: Zbrush Trim Dynamic



Scrape



Stamp: Square (Try an oddly shaped hard edged stamp for a more organic looks)





Random: Rotation And Scale 100%, Position 30%





Distance: 5





Buildup: 100





Falloff: 5



Update Plane: On





Direction: Averaged Normal

Chisel

Similar to: Zbrush Trim Adaptive



Scrape



Stamp: Square (Try an oddly shaped hard edged stamp for a more organic looks)





Random: Rotation And Scale 100%, Position 30%





Distance: 5





Buildup: 100





Falloff: 5



Update Plane: On





Direction: Camera

A couple last notes: If you're getting unexpected results: