SimpleBake

Introduction

Blender 2.8 provides a very powerful way to create complex PBR materials by using nodes. However, what should be a simple process of baking and exporting these materials for use with other software or systems (Substance Painter, Sketchfab.com , Unity etc.) is surprisingly difficult.

SimpleBake aims to address this problem by providing a one-click solution for baking PBR maps from materials created in Blender 2.8

As a bonus, SimpleBake will also:

• bake a ColourID map by assigning a random colour to each material (for use in programs like Substance Painter that use ColourID maps;
• bake any of the "traditional" Cycles baking methods (Combined, Subsurface, Glossy etc.). SimpleBake takes care of all the setup;
• generate a new UV map if needed, or bake to a UV map of your choosing; and
• automatically save baked files externally.
• automatically export your mesh with a single material and single UV map for instant upload to the excellent Sketchfab.com(and other services)

Designed for Blender 2.8

Documentation

I had previously been maintaining separate documentation on this page, however, it became outdated, and is probably surpassed at this point by the content on the Blender Market Page. Please see that page (including the FAQs) for details on SimpleBake

Problems

In the event of any issues please contact me via BlenderMarket