hi,

this shader:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini15.0/nodes/shop/bakeshader [sidefx.com]

mentioned near the end of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOJSXNhVEU8 [youtube.com]

–> how can I access it? I can't find it in the shop context, in the ‘tab’ menu.

any input welcome!
matt

hmmm, the bake shader should be in the shop context, however the node in that video is the bake texture, which you can find in the rop context

yep .. I did find the bake texture node in out/, but I can't access the bake shader in none of the contexts.

strange ..

It should be available in /shop. Perhaps Edit > Preferences > Rendering has Mantra turned off?

Note, there is also a Material Gallery entry for Bake Shader (in Utility category). But its visibility is also dependent on Preferences above.

eyy.


nope .. mantra is active in prefs.

/shop shows the following Utility entries:
- Basic Diffuse
- Constant
- Env Box
- Glow
- Shadow Matte
- Show Normal
- Show Shading Point
- Show Tangent
- Show UV


Using Houdini FX 15.0.179.25

Same still in Houdini 15.5.665 ..

Can anyone shine some light on this issue?

Hey everyone!

Digging through some old patch notes, I found this [webcache.googleusercontent.com]:

“Changed: The Bake Shader has been removed, with the functionality being moved into the VR lens shader. This means that any image plane can be baked, as opposed to be limited to a fixed set of planes. Bake shading controls have been moved from the Bake Texture ROP to standard shaders, which means bake settings can be adjusted on a per-object basis.”

This appears to show that the help documentation is inaccurate. The Bake Shader node no longer exists.

I think this tutorial [sidefx.com] will show you how to bake properly in H15.