BG3 Posing Bake and Export Tool

The step-by-step process of baking and exporting poses for BG3 pose mods can be time consuming and it's easy to make errors if you're not paying attention! This Blender add-on does that step for you automatically, and you allows you to export multiple poses at once, without the need to save and reload your poses between each one.

It also has a 'Reset Hands' feature to get posed fingers back to their straight default.

How it works:

Install the add on:

• []Downloading the zip file

  []Saving it somewhere easy to find on your PC

  []Open Blender. Go to Edit > Preference > Add Ons > Install From Disk & select the zip file

  []You will find the tool in the viewport (click 'N' on your keyboard to open the menu). The add on is called BG3 Tools

Bake & Export:

• []Once you've set up your poses as normal, be sure to return to Object Mode

  []Click "Add Item" in the BG3 Tools menu

  []Click the eyedropper tool and select the SK rig (not the control rig) you want to export from the Outliner (not the viewport). It doesn't need to be visible to select it.

  []You can export multiple at a time by continuing to click 'Add Item' - e.g. if you have a BT1xBT2 pose made, you can can add them both here at the same time

  []Click Bake & Export

  []Save them somewhere you will remember. You don't need to name them - it will name them for you based on what your Blend file is called & which skeletons they are.

  []That's it. All poses should be exported & saved for you in the folder you selected, ready to add to your mod.

  []You can still amend and adjust the poses after this point onwards too, so you don't need to worry about overwriting the file after you've done this process.

• Click on the control rig for the character whose fingers you want to reset, and hit 'Reset Hands'. The hands will stay in place, but the fingers will return to default.

  Video Tutorial:

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  Designed to work with the BG3 IK Animation Rigs by Kit.

  Designed to work for Blender version 4. 5, but may work with other versions.

  With thanks to Vak, Cat, Tina and Seraphine for giving it a test run! ❤️