Seamlessly bake standard PBR maps (Diffuse, Metalness, Roughness) or traditional Cycles modes (Combined, Shadow, etc.).
Queue up multiple bake tasks and keep working in Blender while they process in the background.
If you’ve ever found Blender’s native texture baking to be a manual, time-consuming "colossal pain," SimpleBake is designed for you. This latest update, , cements its status as the official version for the Blender 3.0+ ecosystem, offering a "one-click" solution for complex PBR and Cycles bakes. Why Use SimpleBake 2.9.7? Download File SimpleBake 2.9.7 FOR BLENDER 3 .zip
Automatically save your bakes as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or OpenEXR files and even export your mesh with materials already linked. Getting Started with the .zip File To install version 2.9.7 from your downloaded .zip file: Open Blender and go to Edit > Preferences . Navigate to the Add-ons tab.
For Cycles bakes, remember that your render sample count directly impacts speed; lower it if your bakes are taking too long. This latest update, , cements its status as
Use existing UVs or automatically generate new ones, including shared atlas maps for multiple objects.
Click the "eye" icon next to any bake type to see a preview of how that map will look before committing to the full bake. Getting Started with the
If you previously used versions for Blender 2.8x or 4.0+, ensure you delete old SimpleBake files from your addons folder before installing version 2.9.7 to avoid errors.