Auto Sort Meshes

The Auto Sort Meshes node sits between inputs and Bake Pass nodes. In the most simple configuration it can just be used to group inputs. It’s main role is to automatically group together objects that have a relation with each other by matching something in their names. The most natural case for this is high-poly to low-poly baking, but can be applied in other cases.

1. Target ID: String used to identify target objects. Can be empty to match for example ‘object’ to ‘object.hi’.
   
   
2. Source ID: String used to identify source objects. Can also be an empty string.
   
   
3. Scene ID: String used to identify scene objects, for completeness.
   
   
4. Match Collections: When enabled, the name of an entire collection will attempt to be matched with the target before single items inside the collection. This allows for multiple items to be assigned to a single target by putting them in a collection.
   
   
5. Case Sensitive: Enables or disables case sensitive matching of the ID string.
   
   
6. Search Direction: The ID can be looked for at the start or end of the name as well as with-in the name searching from the front or back. The ‘Pass Through’ option means no matching will be done on that field and it will be passed on unchanged from the input node. By having all the fields set to ‘Pass Through’ the node can be used to group any number of inputs into a single node.
   
   
7. Show Groupings: In the right side (‘N’) panel a preview of what groupings will be made can be shown by ticking this box. For performance reasons it isn’t shown by default as each time the area is redrawn it must perform the name matches which could slow down the UI.