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1. [Maya] Map baking - Custom search envelop error

   

   Topic by Spudnik · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey guys, I'm trying to bake out a pointlight map in Maya and when I go to specify a custom search envelope, I get the error// Error: Please select exactly one mesh to use as an envelope // Which I have. One lowpoly mesh to bake to, one mesh that acts as my cage (same vertex count etc. - just the lowpoly with vertecies…

2. Re: [Maya] Map baking - Custom search envelop error

   

   Reply by Bartalon · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I don't think the cage needs to be a child of your target mesh, unless it was done so automatically by Maya. This was my hierarchy when I did a test bake for normals and point lighting and received no errors (and a solid bake): TargetMeshTargetMeshCage__TargetMeshCageEnvelope <-- Created by MayaSourceMesh I'm not sure why…

3. Re: [Maya] Map baking - Custom search envelop error

   

   Reply by Spudnik · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I still feel like I'm McGuyver'ing this but if I do 1) Select bake target geo, hit "add selected" in Transfer Maps 2) Make cage geo a child of the bake target geo. 3) In the TransferMaps window under Traget meshes switch the 'Display' to 'Envelope' 4) It creats a new geo as a child of the bake target geo that has my cage…

4. Re: [Maya] Map baking - Custom search envelop error

   

   Reply by passerby · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   delete all the cages and remake them via transfer maps or by hand. the cages should all be children of your low poly meshes in the outliner

5. Re: [Maya] Map baking - Custom search envelop error

   

   Reply by throttlekitty · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Try disconnecting the cage from the low poly. (If you created it via Transfer Maps)