Meshy for ZBrush

Install the Meshy plugin in ZBrush so you can send models from the Meshy web app to ZBrush and use them as a starting point for your sculpt.

Before you begin

  • You need ZBrush 2025.1 or later. The plugin uses the ZBrush Python API, which earlier versions don't have.

  • You need macOS or Windows. Each download includes its own Python runtime, so you don't need to install Python.

  • You need a Meshy account. To send models with the bridge, you need a Pro plan or higher.

Install the plugin

To install the plugin, follow these steps:

  1. In the Meshy web app, open a model that isn't animated, and then in the viewer toolbar, click DCC Bridge (the plug icon). For an animated model, Send to ZBrush shows no download icon.

  2. Hold the pointer over Send to ZBrush, and then click Download Plugin (the download icon). The Meshy for ZBrush integration page opens.

    DCC Bridge menu in the Meshy viewer with arrows pointing to the DCC Bridge icon and the Send to ZBrush download icon

  3. Under Choose your platform, select macOS or Windows, and then click Download Plugin.

    Meshy for ZBrush integration page with macOS selected under Choose your platform and the Download Plugin button

  4. Open the download. On macOS, open the .dmg file. On Windows, extract the .zip file.

  5. Copy MeshyBridge.zsc and the MeshyBridgeData folder into the ZData/ZPlugs64 folder of your ZBrush installation. For example:

    • macOS: /Applications/Maxon ZBrush 2026/ZData/ZPlugs64
    • Windows: C:\Program Files\Maxon ZBrush 2026\ZData\ZPlugs64

    macOS Finder window with MeshyBridgeData and MeshyBridge.zsc inside the ZPlugs64 folder of Maxon ZBrush 2026

  6. On macOS only, clear the quarantine flag on the MeshyBridgeData folder, so ZBrush can start the Python runtime that comes with the plugin. macOS quarantines the runtime because the build isn't notarized. In Terminal, run the following command once:

    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Maxon ZBrush 2026/ZData/ZPlugs64/MeshyBridgeData"

    If you skip this step, macOS blocks the Python runtime and shows an error like the following:

    macOS dialog saying Failed to open python3.11 because Apple can't verify it, with Done and Move to Trash buttons

  7. Restart ZBrush.

  8. Click Zplugin > Meshy Bridge > Load Meshy Bridge.

    ZBrush Zplugin menu with Meshy Bridge expanded and its Load Meshy Bridge button highlighted

After a few seconds, a Meshy menu appears in the ZBrush menu bar. It holds all the bridge controls.

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