Bake

item_bake()

A BakeMaster Operator to bake image textures.

Parameters

control (String) – The type of the baking operation

Returns

Running status

Return type

str

Raises

  • KeyboardInterrupt – if the baking process is aborted by the user in the console

  • RuntimeError – if the bake runtime fails

Note

This page contains all Bake operators’ references and short descriptions.

Each section has a code block with a script reference and another code block with a Blender Python Data Path to access the operator in Python.

The main BakeMaster baking operator that iters through Objects (depending on the control value), iters through Object’s Maps and prepares arguments for the bpy.ops.object.bake or bpy.ops.object.bake_image, which is used to bake images textures.

  • bpy.ops.object.bake_image is called for baking Displacement map pass type

  • bpy.ops.object.bake is called for baking all other map pass types.

operator_bake.py
...
class BM_OT_ITEM_Bake(bpy.types.Operator):
    ...

bpy.ops.bakemaster.item_bake()

Bake This

“Bake This” operation will bake image textures for the current active Object in the List of Objects.

operator_bake.py
...
class BM_OT_ITEM_Bake(bpy.types.Operator):
    ...

bpy.ops.bakemaster.item_bake(control='BAKE_THIS')

Bake All

“Bake All” operation will bake image textures for all Objects in the List of Objects.

operator_bake.py
...
class BM_OT_ITEM_Bake(bpy.types.Operator):
    ...

bpy.ops.bakemaster.item_bake(control='BAKE_ALL')