bakePartialHistory

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Synopsis

bakePartialHistory [-allShapes] [-postSmooth boolean] [-preCache] [-preDeformers] [-prePostDeformers]

bakePartialHistory is undoable, queryable, and editable.

Note that not all modeling operations can be baked such that they create exactly the same effect after baking. For example, imagine the history contains a skinning operation followed by a smooth. Before baking, the smooth operation is performed each time the skin deforms, so it will smooth differently depending on the output of the skin. When the smooth operation is baked into the skinning, the skin will be reweighted based on the smooth points to attempt to approximate the original behavior. However, the skin node does not perform the smooth operation, it merely performs skinning with the newly calculated weights and the result will not be identical to before the bake.

In general, modeling operations that occur before deformers can be baked precisely. Those which occur after can only be approximated. The -pre and -post flags allow you to control whether only the operations before or after the deformers are baked.

When the command is used on an object with no deformers, the entire history will be deleted.

Flags

Long name (short name)	[argument types]	Properties
-prePostDeformers(-ppt)
Specifies baking of all modeling operations in the history whether they are before or after the deformers in the history. If neither the -prePostDeformers nor the -preDeformers flag is specified, prePostDeformers will be used as the default. In query mode, returns a list of the nodes that will be baked. In query mode, this flag needs a value.
-preDeformers(-pre)
Specifies baking of any modeling operations in the history that occur before the deformers. In query mode, returns a list of the nodes that will be baked. In query mode, this flag needs a value.
-preCache(-pc)
Specifies baking of any history operations that occur before the caching operation, including deformers. In query mode, returns a list of the nodes that will be baked. In query mode, this flag needs a value.
-allShapes(-all)
Specifies that the bake operation should be performed on all shapes in the entire scene. By default, only selected objects are baked. In query mode, this flag needs a value.
-postSmooth(-nps)	boolean
Specifies whether or not a smoothing operation should be done on skin vertices. This smoothing is only done on vertices that are found to deviate largely from other vertex values. The default is true. In query mode, this flag needs a value.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command	Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command	Flag can be used more than once in a command

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MEL examples

// bake the history before and after the deformers
//
string $cyl[] = `polyCylinder`;
polySmooth;
cluster;
select -r $cyl[0];
polyTriangulate;
bakePartialHistory -prePostDeformers $cyl[0];
// Bake the history before the geometry cache on the cylinder.
// To actually demo, add a geometry cache before executing the command
// below.
//
bakePartialHistory -preCache $cyl[0];