BakeRender plugin page

Summarya free plugin to bake textures with BakeAIR directly from Rhino

What is BakeRender ?

BakeRender is a UserInterface for Rhino3D version 4.0 to automatically create baking ready *.rib (RenderMan Interface Bytestream) files with the help of RhinoAIR and the AIR Rendering engine from Sitexgraphics. Generated rib files are passed to BakeAIR the texture and lightning baker for baking.

Resulting (baked) textures are assigned to their geometry in Rhino and can be viewed in realtime using the "BakeRender" display mode which is provided with this plugin. Scenes baked with BakeRender can be used for realtime presentations, (faster) re-rendering with AIR and other renderers which support textures assigned through Rhino`s standart material assignment dialogs.

Any scene (with materials) which can be rendered with AIR from within Rhino and the "RhinoAir" Plugin can be used for baking with this toolset.

Features

easy baking and mapping
bake surfaces, polysurfaces & meshes
multiple object baking
bake individual channels (rgb, diffuse, transparency, shadows, bump....)
automatic map resolution calculation
automatic map naming
automatic map assignment
settings saved per scene
individual settings for baking & rendering
additional commands to handle multiple maps

Requirements

To install and use the BakeRender toolset, the following applications are required:

Rhinoceros 4.0 Sr4
AIR 7 
RhinoAIR Plugin V1.04 
BakeAIR 7.0 
Internet Explorer 6 or higher

Downloads

The BakeRender toolset and documentation are protected under International Copyright Laws. Distribution by any means without express written consent of the author is forbidden. This software is provided As Is. The author accepts no liability or responsibility for damages in any form, regardless of cause. By using this software, you agree to the terms stated here and within the accompanying documentation.

Download display mode only (Required to view the examples below)

Download plugin (version 2.02 / documentation & display mode included)

Installation

1. Extract the contents of the "BakeRenderV2.zip" file anywhere. Make shure to preserve the folder structure.

2. Open Rhino, drag the extracted "BakeRender.rhp" plugin file over the Rhino window to register it.

3. Load the extracted "BakeRenderV2.tb" workspace by choosing:

Tools / ToolbarLayout / Files / Open

4. Load the extracted "BakeRender.ini" display mode in Rhino by choosing:

Rhino Options / Appearance / Advanced Settings / Import

5. Add a new file search path in Rhino which points to your extracted "BakeRender V2" folder by choosing:

Rhino Options / Files / Search path/ File search paths -> click on then "New" button

The BakeRender tools have now been installed and are ready to use. A help document named "help.htm" is included with the downloadable archive. You can also open the helpfile by right clicking on the BakeRender button in the toolbar or access it from the opened user interface by clicking on the help button.

If you`re starting now with the BakeRender toolset, have a look at the "Quickstart" section in the helpfile.

Screenshots

InfoScenes shown below are baked with BakeAir by Sitexgraphics. The Air renderer was used to setup and preview materials and lightning.

Parts of the first BakeRender scene, created in 2005. It used 510 textures (one per surface) which has been reduced to 66 maps (one per object) by using Rhino`s "packed" texture coordinates for Polysurfaces. A default gamma of 1.0 was used for baking to export the final scene into a famous game editor. Most of the materials are free darktree shaders. Click on the image for a larger version.

A simple scene of a Northbridge fan adapter with high resolution textures. Lightning of one arealight and ambient occlusion has been baked into textures and can be viewed in Rhino`s realtime display. Click on the image for a larger version.

The famous cornell box scene baked with indirect light and one arealight. Click on the image for a larger version.

Architectural example scene with 300 baked textures. Ambient occlusion and the light of several arealights together with procedural darktree shaders have been baked. Click on the image for a larger version.

Example scenes

Scenes shown above can be downloaded with their textures to be viewed inside Rhino. To view the examples scenes properly, please download and install the display mode first !

Download Barrel example (packed WinRar file, 8.7M)

Download Fanholder example (packed WinRar file, 3.5M)

Download Cornell box example (packed WinRar file, 2.7M)

Download Villa example (packed WinRar file, 22.1M)

Note: You cannot view these scenes without installing the "BakeRender" display mode.

Copyright

RenderMan® is a registered trademark of Pixar.

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