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1. Questions about xnormal cages, exploded bakes, and Maya

   

   Topic by BARDLER · Feb 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I have a handful of questions that are kind of unrelated but its easier to put them in all one thread. (ANSWERED) Exploded baking. I know how to do a exploded bake, that is simple enough, but what do you do for the AO map? Do you bake the AO from the exploded bake or do you do it from the combined mesh to get more accurate…

2. Re: Questions about xnormal cages, exploded bakes, and Maya

   

   Reply by BARDLER · Feb 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   That kind of works, but in Modo you can interactively change the pivot point, but with this tool I am stuck to having the pivot point on the edge. Is there a way to hack the pivot point to a different spot? Or a script to change the tool slightly.

3. Re: Questions about xnormal cages, exploded bakes, and Maya

   

   Reply by BARDLER · Feb 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the responses guys. I have read over earthquakes thread about normals multiple times but for some reason couldn't find the information about the normals on the cage. Although now thinking about it, it totally makes sense why you soften them, but my brain box didn't make that conclusion XD. Still looking for…