Use the viewport toolbar
New Look is a compact toolbar in the 3D viewport. Set the cache folder, choose quality and bake without leaving the viewport.
The toolbar visible in your viewport, and a bake started from it.
- A scene that bakes (previous lesson).
Step by step
- Find the toolbar
New Look is on by default; the toolbar sits at the edge of the 3D viewport. If you turned it off, enable New Look in the Cloth neXt preferences.
- Set the cache folder
Click Set Dir on the toolbar to choose where results are written.
- Choose the quality
Use the quality menu: Low, Medium, High (default) or Extreme. These are the same presets as in the panels. Extreme is shown in red so you notice it.
- Bake
Click BAKE. If the scene is not ready, the button stays unavailable until the problem is fixed.
- Hide and show it
Press F6 to slide the toolbar out of the way, and F6 again to bring it back. You can change the shortcut in Blender's keymap.
Set Dir, the quality menu and BAKE work from the toolbar, and F6 hides and shows it.
If something goes wrong
- The toolbar is missing
- Check that New Look is enabled, then press F6 in case it is hidden.
- BAKE is greyed out
- Run Scene Health Check to see what the scene still needs.