> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.meshmorpher.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.meshmorpher.com/studio-and-graph/texture/bake-vdm-brush.md).

# Bake VDM Brush

<figure><img src="https://meshmorpher.com/media/nodes/BakeVDMBrushNode.jpg" alt="Bake VDM Brush node"><figcaption><p>The <strong>Bake VDM Brush</strong> node</p></figcaption></figure>

## When to use it

Turns a sculpt-on-a-plane into a vector displacement map any brush stamp can reuse at any size, on any surface. Overhangs are fine - that is the whole reason to reach for this over a height map.

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There is no separate Rest input: the flat state is read straight off the canvas's own UV layout, fitted back out from the sculpt itself.
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## How to use it

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### Create a flat plane and sculpt a shape on it

Use **Sculpt Mesh**. Overhangs and undercuts are fine.
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### Wire the sculpted Mesh here and press Bake VDM Brush

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### Wire the Texture output into the Displace tool

Vector Displacement mode.
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## Pins

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| Pin          | Type       | Description                                                                                                                      |
| ------------ | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Mesh`       | Mesh       | The sculpted canvas. There is no separate Rest input - the flat state is fitted straight out of this mesh's own UV layout.       |
| `Weights`    | Weight Map | Optional. Bakes only the weighted region, and a feathered selection feathers the stamp. Leave it unwired to bake the whole mesh. |
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| Pin           | Type  | Description                                                                                 |
| ------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Texture`     | Asset | The baked vector displacement map. Feed it to the Displace tool's Vector Displacement mode. |
| `Mesh`        | Mesh  | The mesh that was baked, passed through unchanged.                                          |
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## Settings

| Setting              | Type         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Resolution`         | Choice       | Size of the baked map.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `UV Channel`         | Whole number | Which UV channel on Mesh supplies the texel layout, and in Auto Frame Mode the stamp's U axis.                                                                                                     |
| `Gutter Size`        | Whole number | Texels of bleed painted outside the UV island, so bilinear sampling at the island edge does not pull in black from outside it.                                                                     |
| `Border Feather`     | Number       | Radial falloff to zero at the inscribed circle of the canvas, so a square UV island bakes to a map a circular brush stamp can use without a hard seam at the corners.                              |
| `Frame Mode`         | Choice       | How the stamp's tangent frame is derived. Auto is correct for the overwhelming majority of canvases; Explicit exists for a plane whose UV layout does not run where you want the frame to.         |
| `Frame U`            | Vector       | World-space direction that becomes the stamp's U (right) axis.                                                                                                                                     |
| `Frame Normal`       | Vector       | World-space direction that becomes the stamp's outward normal.                                                                                                                                     |
| `Normalization Mode` | Choice       | How a world-space offset is scaled into the file's footprint-diameter units. Auto is correct unless Mesh is not the actual canvas - a tiny reference swatch cut from a larger sheet, for instance. |
| `Footprint Size`     | Number       | The stamp footprint diameter, in Mesh's own world units.                                                                                                                                           |
| `Save To Library`    | True/False   | Also write the baked map as an EXR into your brush library, so it shows up in every project's Displace tool, not just this graph.                                                                  |
| `Library Name`       | Text         | File name, without extension, that the library copy is written under. Existing files with the same name are overwritten.                                                                           |

## Learn more

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Texture transfer with Mesh Morpher Graph</strong></td><td>Read the walkthrough on meshmorpher.com</td><td><a href="https://meshmorpher.com/blog/texture-transfer-with-mesh-morpher-graph">https://meshmorpher.com/blog/texture-transfer-with-mesh-morpher-graph</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Available in [**Mesh Morpher Graph**](https://meshmorpher.com/graph) and [**Mesh Morpher Studio**](https://meshmorpher.com/studio).
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