Bake Point Management

Smart Bake Hierarchy


  • Where to find it:


    • NodeGraph / Right Mouse Click / Edit / Bake Points /


    • Main Window / Extension Pack / Nodegraph / Bake Points /  


  • Shortcut:     (unassigned, use "Edit / Shortcuts" to assign)

   




While Mari ships with a number of tools to automatically update Bake Points that are empty or out of date, these tools only work

within the currently active Nodegraph. They do not update Bake Points that live inside of Subgraphs (Graph Groups, Materials).



With the new 'Smart Bake Hierarchy' Option, all upstream Bake Points are automatically updated. Regardless if they exist in the current node graph or are part of a subgraph. Please note that only Bake Points are updated that are part of the stream.

Bake points within groups that are not connected to an Output that is part of the stream are not processed.






Additional Actions







Additional Actions


The actions below are not embedded into the Mari interface but can be found under the Scripts

Menu and are available for Hotkey assignments in the Hotkey Editor




Set use Bake (on / off)


  • Where to find it:


    • Main Window / Extension Pack / Nodegraph / Bake Points /


  • Shortcut:     (unassigned, use "Edit / Shortcuts" to assign)

   



Set 'Use Bake' (on) and Set 'Use Bake' (off) will change the Use Baked option on selected Bake Points.

Use Bake determines if the node is using the node-internal baked/flattened result of a node chain or

the live input.


This is nearly identical to disabling the node with 'D' or using Nodegraph / Right Mouse Click/ Edit / Disable




Bake Selected Bake Points


  • Where to find it:


    • Main Window / Extension Pack / Nodegraph / Bake Points /


  • Shortcut:     (unassigned, use "Edit / Shortcuts" to assign)

   



Will force Bake any selected Bake Points