v0.1.9

Changelog:

• Increased normal offset to avoid issues with larger meshes.

v0.1.8

Changelog:

• Added vertex color channel selection option, to only save ambient occlusion to specific channels.

v0.1.7

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue that occurred when baking a mesh with n-gons.

v0.1.6

New features:

• Added support for face normals; hard-surface ambient occlusion will be much improved. (Thanks to Joseph for reporting this issue!)

This release changed some internals, so please report any issues you find.

v0.1.5

New features:

• Added "Ignore Small Objects" feature to speed up bakes that would otherwise have many small objects contributing

v0.1.4

New features since 0.1.3:

• Relicensed to GPL v3 in preparation for release.
• Added elapsed time readout (printed out to the console.)

Bugs fixed:

• Fixed issue that could occur when not in Object Mode.

v0.1.3 (Alpha)

New features since v0.1.1:

• New feature: bake to selected objects or active object (which copies existing behavior)

Bugs fixed:

• Fixed normal matrix multiplication issue
• Fixed issue that could occur when Blender called functions in an unexpected order.
• Fixed incorrect invocation of class methods.
• Fixed missing icon issue occurring with Blender 2.80

v0.1.0 (Alpha)

First release of Vertex Oven!

Features:

• Can bake ambient occlusion to vertex colors and vertex groups
• ... that's about it, right now.

To install Vertex Oven:

• Download vertex-oven-0.1.0.zip
• Open Blender's Preferences window and navigate to the "Add-ons" tab
• Click the Install button and select the zip file you downloaded.
• Enable Vertex Oven

To use Vertex Oven:

• With a mesh object active, open the Object menu in the 3D view, select Vertex Oven, and select Bake Vertex Ambient Occlusion.
• When you're happy with the settings, click OK.