🚀 Installation Guide

Method 1: Drag & Drop

1. Open Blender.
2. Drag and drop the downloaded .zip file directly into the Blender window.
3. Follow the installation prompt to install the add-on.

Method 2: Standard Installation

1. Open Blender and go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions (or Add-ons in older versions).
2. Open the dropdown menu in the top-right corner and select Install from Disk... (or Install..., depending on your Blender version).
3. Select the downloaded .zip file and click Install.
4. Enable Blend2Bag Exporter if it is not already enabled.

Accessing the Add-on: Open the 3D Viewport, press N to open the Sidebar, and select the Blend2Bag tab.

📖 How to Use

1. Creating & Assigning Bake Groups

• Manual Creation: Click + in the Bake Groups list to create a group. Select your objects in the Viewport, then click + Add High or + Add Low to assign them to the selected bake group.
• Auto Grouping: Click Auto Grouping to automatically detect objects with names ending in _high and _low and organize them into bake groups.

2. Display & Viewport Tools

• Visibility Toggles: Use the H (High) and L (Low) icons in the Bake Groups list to show or hide the corresponding meshes.

3. Preparation Modes

• Transform Mode: Temporarily move and arrange your objects for preview purposes. Disable the mode to restore their original positions.
• Low Poly Mode: Gathers low-poly objects into a dedicated preview setup controlled by a bounding box. When enabled during export, it generates a separate low-poly file alongside the main baking export.

4. Mesh Processing & Exporting

• Smooth UV: Click Smooth UV Shells to smooth UV shell shading while preserving sharp edges along UV shell borders.
• ID Map Pipeline: Assign objects to serve as ID maps. Blend2Bag then prepares the dedicated materials required to bake ID maps in Marmoset Toolbag.
• Exporting: Choose your export format (FBX or OBJ), select the output directory, and click Export. Import the exported files into Marmoset Toolbag.