GoB

GoZ-alike tools for simple ZBrush<->Blender interchange.

This is a fork of JoseConseco/GoB. Upstream docs and the wiki live there; this repo carries additional import fixes and improvements.

Features

You can transfer:

• Objects (only meshes)
• Polypainting
• UVs
• Mask
• FaceSets
• Polygroup
• Diffuse map
• Normal map
• Displacement map

Fork changes

Import reliability fixes on top of upstream:

• View layer re-linking — Re-importing an object that already exists in the .blend but is not on the active view layer (orphaned or in an excluded collection) no longer crashes on select_set(). The importer re-links the object into the scene collection and view layer before selecting it.
• Low-poly name resolution — ZBrush _low2 / _low3 object names are mapped onto the canonical Blender _low mesh when present.
• Collection sync — Imported _low meshes are linked into the same collections as their matching _high object.
• Stale variant cleanup — Duplicate numbered low variants (for example _low2, _low.001) are removed after resolving to the canonical _low object.
• Face set safety — Polygroup / face-set data is trimmed or padded to match the imported face count when counts diverge.

GoB Setup

1. Download the latest Source code (zip) from Releases, or use Code → Download ZIP on the branch you want to install.
2. Open Blender and navigate to Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions.
3. Uninstall any previous version of GoB by locating it in your extensions list, opening the drop-down menu on the right, and clicking Uninstall.
4. Install GoB by clicking the drop-down menu in the top right of the extensions window and selecting Install from Disk.
5. Select the zip file downloaded in step 1.
6. Locate GoB under Edit → Preferences → Add-ons to configure your settings.

Usage

The addon adds three buttons to the top info panel:

• Export — Export the selected mesh objects to ZBrush.
• Import — Toggle autoloading mode. Models exported from ZBrush via GoZ are loaded into Blender automatically while this mode is on.
• Manual — Run a one-time import of the most recent model exported from ZBrush via GoZ.

Acknowledgements

This script was originally written by user "Stunton" and posted here on ZBrushCentral.

It was also posted on Blender's wiki in the Import/Export Addons category, with the author listed as "ODe".

Maintained upstream by JoseConseco, Daniel Grauer (kromar), and contributors. Fork maintained by combwizard.