Best practice to split mesh for baking in substance painter

wannabe3d · Nov 2020

Are there any guidelines in how to split your mesh? I want bake high poly details on low poly object in Substance Painter.

Any best practices or tips? Thanks in advance!

poopipe · Nov 2020

Yes, there's a clear explanation on the allegorithmic site - I don't have the link to hand but it'll listed under bake by name or similar

wannabe3d · Nov 2020

poopipe said:

Yes, there's a clear explanation on the allegorithmic site - I don't have the link to hand but it'll listed under bake by name or similar

Thanks. This one right? https://docs.substance3d.com/bake/matching-by-name-182256530.html

I read that but was wondering if there are any more tips or guidelines. Specifically how do you guys decide how to separate the mesh?

Kanni3d · Nov 2020

Whichever parts of your mesh that are too close to each other/intersecting/would cause problems from cages bleeding onto each other, warrants a mesh name split.

Over time, you'll develop the eye to know which meshes should be split, as you know there'd be an inevitable issue by analyzing parts of your mesh for baking.

wannabe3d · Nov 2020

Kanni3d said:

Whichever parts of your mesh that are too close to each other/intersecting/would cause problems from cages bleeding onto each other, warrants a mesh name split.

Over time, you'll develop the eye to know which meshes should be split, as you know there'd be an inevitable issue by analyzing parts of your mesh for baking.

Thanks!

Best practice to split mesh for baking in substance painter

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