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Bake Manager

by Ronme Moreira·Workflow

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Why we like it

Bake Manager earns its place for gathering the naming, organization, and visibility chores that pile up before a bake into one set of Blender panels.

What is Bake Manager?

Bake Manager is a Blender add-on aimed at the setup work behind baking. It's optimized for Marmoset Toolbag with Quick Loader and Substance Painter using Match by Name, automating repetitive setup tasks for characters, props, and environment assets.

The add-on is organized into panels. Root Generators quickly create the main roots for a project, and the Add Pair section builds High and Low pairs, with a drop-down for adding pairs to named props. Visibility Controls manage High and Low mesh visibility through Show and Hide buttons that act on all roots or one at a time. The Hierarchy Viewer displays the whole baking structure in an expandable hierarchy and moves objects between High and Low collections with a single click.

Suffix Utilities gather the naming and suffix tools. Auto Match High from Low renames multiple High objects using the active object name as reference, while Match Collection Name to Object renames objects by their collection to control which objects share occlusion during baking. It's built for Blender 5.1, lists Cycles as its render engine, and is released under the GPL license.

Who is Bake Manager best for?

Bake Manager is best for character, prop, and environment artists organizing High and Low baking setups for Marmoset Toolbag and Substance Painter in Blender.

How much does Bake Manager cost?

Bake Manager is completely free to download and use.

Key features

  • Root Generators for quickly creating the main roots of a project
  • Add Pair section for building High and Low pairs, with a drop-down for adding pairs to named props
  • Visibility Controls with Show and Hide buttons for High and Low meshes, acting on all roots or one at a time
  • Hierarchy Viewer that shows the baking structure in an expandable hierarchy and moves objects between High and Low collections with a single click
  • Suffix Utilities grouping the naming and suffix management tools
  • Auto Match High from Low renames multiple High objects using the active object name as reference
  • Match Collection Name to Object renames objects by their collection to control which share occlusion during baking

Tags

#Blender#baking#Marmoset Toolbag#Substance Painter#high poly low poly#naming#hierarchy organization#workflow

Frequently asked questions

What Blender version does Bake Manager support?

Bake Manager is built for Blender 5.1 and is listed as Blender Extension compatible, packaged as an add-on. The listed render engine is Cycles. Its panels — Root Generators, Add Pair, Visibility Controls, Hierarchy Viewer, and Suffix Utilities — cover setting up baking structures. For versions other than 5.1, check the developer's page to confirm compatibility before installing, since 5.1 is the version stated here.

Which baking tools does Bake Manager work with?

Bake Manager is optimized for two baking pipelines: Marmoset Toolbag using Quick Loader, and Substance Painter using Match by Name. The naming and suffix tools feed those workflows directly — for example, Match Collection Name to Object renames objects by their collection so you can control which objects share occlusion during baking. The intent is to automate the repetitive setup those workflows require for characters, props, and environment assets, rather than doing that organization by hand.

Is Bake Manager free to use?

Bake Manager is listed as free in this catalog, and it ships under the GPL license. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the current terms and any details, check the developer's page on superhive. The GPL license covers how you can use and modify the add-on itself, and the developer's page is the place to confirm the latest licensing before you rely on it in a project.

How does Auto Match High from Low work in Bake Manager?

Bake Manager's Auto Match High from Low is part of the Suffix Utilities section, which groups the tools for naming and suffix management. This function automatically renames multiple High objects using the active object name as a reference. It sits alongside Match Collection Name to Object, which renames objects based on the collection they belong to, letting you control which objects share occlusion during baking. Together these handle the naming conventions that Marmoset Toolbag and Substance Painter workflows rely on.

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