[Blender] Bake Stitches Geo to Texture?

bentraje

Hi,

I’m trying to create stitches for my cloth. They are initially as a 3D object because they are just easier to place and manage. I want them to convert to textures through baking.

It works but not quite. It doesn’t follow the UV of the object and currently they overlap.

You can check an illustration of the problem here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pt0hqh431xo8stl/BLEN66_baking_stitches_to_texture.mp4?dl=0

Illustration file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9571mmzo7fzm45y/BLEN66_baking_stitches_to_texture.blend?dl=0

Is there a way a proper workflow for this?

Eric Chadwick

I've added [Blender] to your topic title, hope you don't mind. Should help others with program-specific knowledge help you out.

birb

@bentraje You need to use a release post-May 18 or 2.91+. Check Clear Image if you didn't already to ensure the bake won't be contaminated with previous failed attempts then set the Max Ray Distance to a low value, eg 0.001m.

Previous versions of Blender had a misleading Ray Distance attribute which was more like an extrusion offset than anything, now it has an actual normal-based ray distance to keep rays from catching the backfaces on the other side of the mesh.

bentraje

Hi @Eric Chadwick
No worries.

Hi @birb
Thanks for further details and the background. Works as expected (i.e. it now follows the UV).