Sculpt faster
with RadialZ
A floating radial brush picker for ZBrush. Press a hotkey, hover a brush, release — no more palette hunting.
ZBrush Bridge
Loads any brush instantly via a silent background hotkey. Drag brushes from the library into slots — no manual shortcuts needed.
Multiple Menus
Create separate radial menus for brushes, tools, or custom shortcuts — each with its own hotkey and colour scheme.
Children Slots
Each slot holds up to 3 child brushes. Hover to expand a sub-menu without leaving your canvas.
Brush Library
All your ZBrush brushes in one searchable panel. Filter by category, zoom thumbnails, drag into slots.
Hover over a slot to highlight it — children appear automatically. Release the hotkey to load the brush.
Getting Started
Follow these steps once to connect RadialZ to ZBrush. After that, everything is automatic.
Select your ZBrush user folder
Open Settings → ZBrush Bridge and click Browse. Select the folder set in ZBrush under Preferences → Asset Directory. RadialZ installs the bridge plugin there automatically.
Restart ZBrush
Restart ZBrush to load the plugin. You should see ZPlugin → RadialZ appear with three buttons: Load Brush, Sync Library, and Check Connection.
Assign a hotkey to Load Brush
In ZBrush, hold Ctrl+Alt and click ZPlugin → RadialZ → Load Brush. Choose something unique — e.g. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F12.
Enter that hotkey in RadialZ
In Settings → ZBrush Bridge → Bridge Hotkey, click Record and press the same combination. RadialZ fires this silently every time you select a brush.
Sync your brush library
In ZBrush go to ZPlugin → RadialZ → Sync Library. This scans all your brushes and builds the library. Re-run whenever you add new brushes.
You're all set!
Open the Brush Library from the tray icon, drag brushes into your radial menus, and start sculpting.
Settings panel — manage menus, assign hotkeys, and customise per-menu colours
Using RadialZ
RadialZ lives in your system tray. Right-click the tray icon to access settings, library, and menus.
| Action | How to do it |
|---|---|
| Trigger a radial menu | Press the hotkey assigned to that menu. The radial appears under your cursor. |
| Select a brush | Hover over a slot and release the hotkey — loads instantly in ZBrush. |
| Access child brushes | Hover a slot with dots below — children expand. Hover a child to select. |
| Open brush library | Press your Library Hotkey or right-click the tray icon. |
| Add a brush to a menu | Open the library, find a brush, drag onto a slot in the radial preview. |
| Reorder slots | Click a slot to select it, use the ↺ ↻ buttons in the detail panel. |
| Custom shortcuts | Click an empty slot in the editor, click Record and press your ZBrush shortcut. |
The Brush Library — search, filter by category, zoom thumbnails. Resizable and pinnable.
Editing Your Menus
Click Edit Menu on any menu in Settings to open the full editor.
The Menu Editor — radial preview on the left, brush library on the right.
Double-click any slot to enter children editing mode. Drag brushes from the library onto child nodes. Each slot supports up to 3 children.
Click any slot to select it, then use the ↺ ↻ rotation buttons. The selection follows the brush as it moves.
Remove a brush
Hover over any slot — a red ✕ appears in the top-right corner. Click it to clear the slot.
Custom shortcuts
Any slot without a bridge brush can fire a ZBrush shortcut. Click the slot, click Record and press your key combination. Great for tools, masking, or any ZBrush command.
Tips & Tricks
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F12 is safe — only fired silently by RadialZ.