* Reflect changes stated in prev commit about contexts in py code.
* Add a "Plural" context, to handle cases where english does not mark plural at all (e.g. shorten labels of only one adjective). Not so happy with that, but can't see any other way to do it, for now.
* Abuse "ID_CURVE" context for all falloff curves (this should solve some confusion issues, e.g. "sharp"...).
PyNodes opens up the node system in Blender to scripters and adds a number of UI-level improvements.
=== Dynamic node type registration ===
Node types can now be added at runtime, using the RNA registration mechanism from python. This enables addons such as render engines to create a complete user interface with nodes.
Examples of how such nodes can be defined can be found in my personal wiki docs atm [1] and as a script template in release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py [2].
=== Node group improvements ===
Each node editor now has a tree history of edited node groups, which allows opening and editing nested node groups. The node editor also supports pinning now, so that different spaces can be used to edit different node groups simultaneously. For more ramblings and rationale see (really old) blog post on code.blender.org [3].
The interface of node groups has been overhauled. Sockets of a node group are no longer displayed in columns on either side, but instead special input/output nodes are used to mirror group sockets inside a node tree. This solves the problem of long node lines in groups and allows more adaptable node layout. Internal sockets can be exposed from a group by either connecting to the extension sockets in input/output nodes (shown as empty circle) or by adding sockets from the node property bar in the "Interface" panel. Further details such as the socket name can also be changed there.
[1] http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Phonybone/Python_Nodes
[2] http://projects.blender.org/scm/viewvc.php/trunk/blender/release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py?view=markup&root=bf-blender
[3] http://code.blender.org/index.php/2012/01/improving-node-group-interface-editing/
Previously it wasn't clear what it was supposed to be doing, or what was
required for it to work.
TODO: figure out why the operator redo settings panel won't work. The workflow
here is still a bit clunky.
Also generate rigid body constraint types in py bullet code from RNA enum values (simpler than having to sync the code when something is changed here!).
Side note: RNA API about icons still needs to expose icons for enum values, and conversion funcs between icon_name and icon_value!
Now all add/remove operators for rigid body objects and constraints
automatically add objects to the appropriate groups and create groups if they
don't exist yet.
This makes handling rigid bodies easier but doesn't take away functionality.
If users want to handle groups manually they just need to create them before
adding any objects.
The previous behaviour was confusing and was even considered to be a bug since
clicking on rigid body in the physics tab seemed to do nothing.
Behaves like the generic constraint but has optional spring on each axis.
TODO: Add option to set rest length.
Patch by Markus Kasten (markus111), thanks!
Constraints connect two rigid bodies.
Depending on which constraint is used different degrees of freedom
are limited, e.g. a hinge constraint only allows the objects to rotate
around a common axis.
Constraints are implemented as individual objects and bahave similar to
rigid bodies in terms of adding/removing/validating.
The position and orientation of the constraint object is the pivot point
of the constraint.
Constraints have their own group in the rigid body world.
To make connecting rigid bodies easier, there is a "Connect" operator that
creates an empty objects with a rigid body constraint connecting the selected
objects to active.
Currently the following constraints are implemented:
* Fixed
* Point
* Hinge
* Slider
* Piston
* Generic
Note: constraint limits aren't animatable yet).
Add operators to add/remove rigid body world and objects.
Add UI scripts.
The rigid body simulation works on scene level and overrides the
position/orientation of rigid bodies when active.
It does not deform meshes or generate data so there is no modifier.
Usage:
* Add rigid body world in the scene tab
* Create a group
* Add objects to the group
* Assign group to the rigid body world
* Play animation
For convenience the rigid body tools operators in the tools panel of the 3d view
will add a world, group and add objects to the group automatically so you only have
to press one button to add/remove rigid bodies to the simulation.
Part of GSoC 2010 and 2012.
Authors: Joshua Leung (aligorith), Sergej Reich (sergof)
add Ctrl+Shift+Tab shortcut for selecting snap type to the UV editor too.
also added icon drawing to WM_OT_context_menu_enum() so it gets the icons from the enum to draw them in the menu.
- add sequence.update(data=False) function.
- made some sequence vars editable.
- correct some comments.
also rename rna function sequence.getStripElem() --> strip_elem_from_frame()
bake_action tries to make kind of a 'visual keying'... On one side, this is rather stupid when you keep constraints (in this case, keying actual loc/rot/scale transforms, i.e. matrix_basis, is enough, doing more would lead to unexpected behavior with some constraints). On the other one, making a good visual keying of bones is *really* tricky, so now using the new object's convert_space() func to compute that (when the user chooses to remove the constraints).
Incidentally, this greatly simplifies the code of bake_action!
The node_add_move operator is an extended variant which starts the (modal) transform operator right after adding a node, as a quicker way of inserting nodes in a tree.
