1. Keep on Top

Click the "Keep on Top" button to keep The ToolBox on top of all windows. Click it again to turn this off.

2. Menus

File Menu

You can find more information here about the file menu.

Export Database

The ToolBox Settings will be saved to your local drive as a .db file.

This includes the following:

• Favorite Tabs
• Categories
• Tags
• Brush Descriptions
• Brush Types
• Favorite Toggles
• Brush Locations
• Alpha Locations
• UI Layout Locations
• Current Color Scheme

Import Database

Any exported .db file can be imported here.

Exit

This will close the ToolBox

Settings Menu

Rescan All

Rescan all will force the plugin to rescan all brushes and alphas.

This is useful if any brushes or alphas are changed outside of the ToolBox without reloading the ToolBox.

Preferences

This will open the settings menu.

Help Menu

About

Here you can find information about XMD & The EULA.

Updates

This window shows the latest updates for the ToolBox.

Here you can also see the latest Brush Updates.

Online Help

This will take you to the always up-to-date online help guide.

XMD Info

The XMD Info link will take you to www.michaeldunnam.com

3. Mini Mode

Mini mode will collapse the entire UI to one strip of favorites.

4. Expand / Collapse

This button will expand and collapse the main window down to 2 favorite columns.

5. User Categories

       User categories are a great way of organizing your brushes and alphas.

6. Search

       With the search dialog, you can search all of your brushes and alphas.

7. XMD Categories

       In the XMD Categories dropdown you can find every XMD set you own.

       The categories can be turned off in the settings menu.

8. Expand / Collapse the Quick Edit

       With this button you can expand or collapse the quick edit menu.

9. Rescan / Edit

Rescan

• You can rescan an individual brush.

Edit

• In the edit window you can edit a brush.
• For now this will just give you more realestate to work on a brush's description.
• More information will be available in the area soon.

10. Brush Title

       Here you can see the title of the selected brush in the quick edit menu.

11. Show Additional Toggle Buttons

       This dropdown will show any toggle buttons that are cut off by your monitor's resolution.

12. Toggle Buttons

       There are toggle buttons in the brush window and the alpha window. These act as filters.

13. Alpha / Brush / UI Layouts

       These buttons switch between the alpha window, the brush window and allow you to choose a UI Layout.

14. Reset All Brushes

       This button is the same brush that is in ZBrush. It is non-destuctive. See more details here.

15. Connection Status

       This shows the connection status of the plugin with ZBrush.

16. Favorite Sets

       Favorite sets are another way of organizing your brushes.

17. Favorite Toggle

       The star icon will add or remove a brush from the selected favorite set.

18. Description

       Here you can add a detailed description for any brush or alpha.

19. Tags

• Tags are yet another way of organizing your brushes.
• Every brush can have multiple tags.