ZBrush continues to evolve on both desktop and iPad, making sculpting more precise, customizable, and production-ready. Recent updates bring refinements across modeling, texturing, and workflow, ensuring artists have the flexibility they need whether they are creating collectibles, prototypes, or production assets.
On both desktop and iPad, ZModeler has become more precise and responsive, now featuring auto creasing for loops and insets. Surface Noise also sees an upgrade with a refreshed UI, per-noise resets, alpha transforms, and full undo/redo support, giving artists greater control over detail. Desktop users gain powerful automation with Python scripting, enabling them to streamline tasks, customize tools, and build plugins tailored to their workflow.
For iPad users, new features expand the possibilities of mobile sculpting. 3D Print Hub supports importing and exporting of STL format, and will also supports exporting 3MF, and VRML formats, making for a cleaner and more reliable print pipeline. Scale Master brings the ability to set real-world scale, a vital tool for collectibles and prototypes. UI enhancements let users move the bottom bar, adjust the modifier wheel, and save or share custom interfaces for a personalized setup. Pro Projects are now cloud-hosted, offering fast access to an expanding library, with new content added regularly across both desktop and iPad.
ZBrush delivers powerful sculpting, painting, and modeling capabilities for detailed 3D creations. Discover what makes it a top choice for 3D sculpting.
Feature highlights include:
Dynamic Sculpting Brush System
Offers a natural, brush-like experience for digital artists with extensively customizable brushes that provide both creative flexibility and precision. Shape everything from fine details to bold textures effortlessly with lifelike pressure sensitivity.
Dynamesh
A tool that functions like digital clay. It enables quick and creative design with smooth surfaces and details. Expand your design freely, without worrying about the model’s structure.
PolyPaint
Painting on a high-quality surface easily with no complex preparation such as texture or UV mapping.
Live Boolean
Lets you preview and adjust changes between models instantly. Adjust any part on a mesh and see it instantly impact your model before production.
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ZBrush 2026.0.0 Release Notes
Fixed:
Python scripting support that works in addition to ZScript
ZModeler interaction improvements
ZModeler creasing options added to the following:
Insert edge loop
Insert multiple edge loop
Inset polygon face
Noisermaker 2.0 – Alpha image now has transformation ability
Rotation
Scaling on both axes
Offset on both axes
Scott Robertson and Yariv Newman Pro Project
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