Export Blender Point Clouds as `UsdGeomPoints` primitives.
Summary
- Adds the `USDPointsWriter` class
- Adds tests to ensure that animated positions, velocities, radii, and
regular attributes are all written correctly (in a sparse format)
- Adds a new `export_points` operator property, mirroring the existing
`import_points` option
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126389
This commit adds low-level logic in BKE to support three behaviors in
case of name conflict when renaming an ID:
1. Always tweak new name of the renamed ID (never modify the other ID
name).
2. Always set requested name in renamed ID, modifying as needed the
other ID name.
3. Only modify the other ID name if it shares the same root name with the
current renamed ID's name.
It also adds quite some changes to IDTemplate, Outliner code, and
RNA-defined UILayout code, and the lower-level UI button API, to allow
for the new behavior defined in the design (i.e. option three from above list).
When renaming from the UI either 'fails' (falls back to adjusted name) or forces
renaming another ID, an INFO report is displayed.
This commit also fixes several issues in existing code, especially
regarding undo handling in rename operations (which could lead to saving
the wrong name in undo step, and/or over-generating undo steps).
API wise, the bahavior when directly assigning a name to the `ID.name`
property remains unchanged (option one from the list above). But a new
API call `ID.rename` has been added, which offers all three behaviors.
Unittests were added to cover the new implemented behaviors (both at
BKE level, and the RNA/Py API).
This commit implements #119139 design.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126996
Clear the entire scene at the start of every test case. Previously this
happened only at the start of the test suite. This should make tests
more independent.
No functional changes to the actual tests.
Add the ability to control whether or not Hardware Ray Tracing (HWRT)
is enabled during render tests.
This is done by adding `-RT` to the end of the device name in the
Cycles device list. E.g. `HIP-RT`. This is supported with HIP, oneAPI,
and Metal.
Change in behaviour:
If you do not specify `-RT`, then HWRT will be disabled. This results
in a change in behaviour:
1. `METAL` device tests on M3 or newer Macs no longer using MetalRT
2. `ONEAPI` device tests no longer use Embree GPU.
Note: Some tests are failing on some platforms/configurations that can
now be easily tested due to this commit. This does not effect the
build bot automated testing as it does not test these configurations.
These tests have not been blocked from running, primarily to help
developers investigate and fix the issues.
Ref #123012
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125082
The `Action.groups` RNA functions now work with layered Actions as well.
They just expose / operate on the groups of the channelbag that belongs
to the first slot of the Action.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/127241
This makes the logs fairly verbose, but it is not displayed by default
anyway, and it is the only easy way to find out exactly which file or ID
is breaking the test.
This PR enabled backend specific rendertest for EEVEE and Workbench.
Some changes that have been made are:
- Add suffix to the test identifying the backend (_opengl, _vulkan, _metal)
- Vulkan render tests are compared with the opengl results.
Most EEVEE tests run as expected there are some issues in the Vulkan
backend that needs to be addressed:
- Fully smooth reflective materials miss lighting.
- Tangent normals are off
None of the workbench tests pass. It has to do with downloading the depth
buffer. In Workbench they are stored as GPU_DEPTH32F_STENCIL8 and downloaded
as FLOAT. We didn't implement it in the vulkan backend yet and currently asserts.
The Vulkan render test run faster compared to OpenGL. On my system around
25-50% faster.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126784
In preparation for adding big-endian tests, disable them on macOS
where many are failing, although it looks like the cause of failure
may not relate to endian conversion, it needs further investigation.
Adds test coverage for the USD python hook machinery:
- Ensure processing occurs correctly when returning False or throwing
exceptions from all the hooks
- Validates that the hook arguments are valid (UsdStage, depsgraph, and
material parameters)
- Tests unregister to ensure hooks are fully removed from processing
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126809
Newly validates the following:
- Image mapping transforms on import and export
- Typical normal map setups on import and export
- Alpha-clip node setups on import (was already tested for export)
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126776
Additional coverage for the following scenarios:
- Ensures custom properties are exported and imported correctly
- Ensures that xform op modes and scene orientation options are properly
respected during export
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126723
This PR adds channel groups (also known as fcurve groups or action groups) to
layered actions. For layered actions, these groups belong to the `ChannelBag`s
and can vary by bag.
From a user perspective, the goal is for these to function just like channel
groups from legacy actions. However, internally they are implemented a little
differently: legacy actions store both channel groups and fcurves in a listbase,
and groups indicate what fcurves are in them with a listbase that points
directly into the larger fcurve listbase. Layered actions, on the other hand,
store both fcurves and channel groups in an array, and groups indicate what
fcurves are in them by indexing into the fcurve array.
Despite taking this different approach, we still reuse the `bActionGroup` struct
for the new channel groups, just adding the necessary fields for index-based
fcurve membership as described above.
This PR does not implement all of the functionality needed to reach feature
parity with legacy action channel groups, but implements the main core and gets
them basically working.
It's easier to list the things that *haven't* been implemented yet:
- Operators for letting the user manually create/remove/move channel groups.
- Keyframe selection in the action/dopesheet editor on channel group rows
themselves are not yet working correctly.
- Handling channel groups in legacy/layered action conversion operators.
- Making the legacy `action.groups` property work on single-layer-single-strip
layered actions.
Those are left for future PRs. Other than that, in theory everything should be
working now.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125774
Verifies all currently supported USD Shape prim types are successfully
imported. Each prim has time sample data authored so the presence of a
Mesh Sequence Cache modifier is also checked.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126449
This extends the `GreasePencilDrawing` rna type using python.
The goal is to add an API that allows developers to transition to
the new grease pencil API a bit more smoothly.
Adds the following endpoints to the `GreasePencilDrawing`:
* `drawing.strokes`: Returns a list/slice of `GreasePencilStroke`s in the drawing.
Adds a python class `GreasePencilStroke`:
* `stroke.points`: Returns a list/slice of `GreasePencilStrokePoint`s.
* Getters/Setters of attributes for this stroke:
* `stroke.cyclic`
* `stroke.material_index`
* `stroke.select`
* `stroke.softness` (used to be `hardness`)
* `stroke.start_cap`
* `stroke.end_cap`
* `stroke.curve_type`: The type of curve: `POLY`,`BEZIER`,`CATMULL_ROM`,`NURBS`.
* `stroke.aspect_ratio`
* `stroke.fill_opacity`
* `stroke.fill_color`
* `stroke.time_start`
* High-level functions:
* `stroke.add_points(count)`: Adds `count` points at the end of the stroke.
* `stroke.remove_points(count)`: Removes `count` points from the end of the stroke. Note that this will not remove the stroke if the count is greater than the number of points in the stroke. A stroke has at least 1 point. Removing strokes can be done from the drawing.
Adds a python class `GreasePencilStrokePoint`:
* Getters/Setters of attributes for this point:
* `position`
* `radius`
* `opacity`
* `select`
* `vertex_color`
* `rotation`
* `delta_time`
Note that `GreasePencilStroke` and `GreasePencilStrokePoint` are not stored in the file and don't have an RNA API. This means that they are not compatible with e.g. `layout.prop`.
This API should not be used for performance critical code. It's likely
even slower than the python API from 4.2.
There will be migration documentation for addon developers here:
https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.3/grease_pencil/#python-api-changes
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125599
This commit adds a new cmake variable `WITH_CYCLES_TEST_OSL`
that runs every Cycles test a second time with OSL enabled.
At the moment only CPU OSL is enabled. There are plans to enable
OptiX OSL in the future when stability issues with OptiX OSL
have been resolved.
Some render tests have been blocked from running until we can figure
out a fix. The most notiable being all the Pricincipled BSDF tests
as some of them are failing due to noise differences.
Ref #123012
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124601
While adding test coverage for mesh subdivision surface scenarios, a few
problems were noticed with vertex crease support.
This PR fixes:
- Used incorrect `crease_sharpnesses` instead of `corner_sharpnesses`
- Used incorrect value for an "infinitely sharp" vertex crease
- Unnecessarily wrote out Blender's `crease_vert` attribute as a primvar
Tests are added which validate everything we support.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126209
The mesh velocity data was not using the UsdUtilsSparseValueWriter and
was writing out data for all frames even if the velocity didn't change.
Adds test coverage for this scenario as well as other situations where a
MeshSequenceCache (MSC) would be required:
- Ensures that when positions vary a MSC is added
- Ensures that when velocities vary a MSC is added (see blender/blender@c862d40e09)
- Ensures that when attributes vary a MSC is added (see blender/blender@3c394d39f2)
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126208
Adds test coverage for a few, minor, missing cases for USD Light export:
- Spot lights with the special case of a 0 radius
- Area lights of type SQUARE (RECTANGLE was already tested)
- Area lights of type ELLIPSE (DISK was already tested)
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/126203
This changes the behavior when deleting the last key of an FCurve on layered actions.
Previously the FCurve would continue to exist, whereas now it is deleted.
This makes it consistent with legacy actions.
I modified the "Clear Keyframes" operator in this PR as well to make it work with layered actions.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125327
Support the USD `color4f` (and related) types during import and use this
type when writing out Blender's color attributes.
This roundtrips Blender data correctly and will properly load data from
many more USD files as well.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125839
Add an Action Slot selector to the Action editor's header, next to the
Action selector. The selector shows all slots in the action that are
suitable for animating objects (as the Action editor itself is limited
to showing the Action of the active object).
This also considerably simplifies the 'Animation Debug' panel, as some
debugging code has been removed, as well as the display of any animation
layers. The latter can be reintroduced (if necessary) when multi-layer
animation support is added. Most importantly, it removes the
WindowManager property that was used as a hack to assign layered Actions
to objects.
API change: the RNA property `AnimData.slot` is now a pointer property
that reflects the actual slot (it used to be an enum property).
Some small changes to the UI code were necessary to make the selector
show the slot's display name (and not their internal name).
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125416
These functions can now be called on layered Actions:
- `action.fcurves.new(data_path, array_index)`
- `action.fcurves.find(data_path, array_index)`
- `action.fcurves.remove(fcurve)`
- `action.fcurves.clear()`
These will operate on the first keyframe strip (searching layers bottom
to top), and then its channelbag for the first slot.
If necessary, `fcurves.new()` will create the layer, keyframe strip,
channelbag, and slot.
This backward compatibility layer only kicks in if either of these is
true:
- The Action is empty AND the experimental flag is enabled, or
- The Action already has a layer or a slot (i.e. is already considered
'layered').
If none of these conditions hold, `action.fcurves` just gives access to
the legacy data.
Ref: #124714
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124996
Add F-Curve management functions on ChannelBags
(`channelbag.fcurves.xxx`) that are very similar to the legacy Action
functions `Action.fcurves.xxx`.
```python
channelbag = strip.channelbags.new(slot)
fcurve = channelbag.fcurves.new("rotation_quaternion", index=1)
assert channelbag.fcurves[0] == fcurve
channelbag.fcurves.remove(fcurve)
channelbag.fcurves.clear()
```
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124987
This commit changes the keying code to deselect keyframes when inserting new keys.
This has been discussed in the Animation & Rigging module meeting [1].
There is also an RCS post about that [2].
Doing this brings key creation in line with object creation,
where only the newly created object is selected.
There has been a previous attempt [3] to do a similar thing.
### Changes
When inserting keys by pressing `I` in the viewport or choosing a keying set,
all keys of the `Action` get deselected before inserting new keys.
New keys are selected by default.
Python RNA functions are **NOT** affected, meaning addons using
those functions will not deselect any keys by default.
The developer has to choose to do so.
To make that easier, there is a new RNA function on the action
`deselect_keys`
[1]: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/2024-05-02-animation-rigging-module-meeting/34493#patches-review-decision-time-5
[2]: https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/K0hbbc
[3]: https://archive.blender.org/developer/D11623
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121908
RNA API for creating & removing channelbags, as well as a path function
to construct RNA paths for channelbags.
```python
action = bpy.data.actions.new('TestAction')
slot = action.slots.new()
slot.name = 'OBTest'
layer = action.layers.new(name="Layer")
strip = layer.strips.new(type='KEYFRAME')
# New in this commit:
channelbag = strip.channelbags.new(slot)
strip.channelbags.remove(channelbag)
```
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124793
Add a option to ignore Cycles render test black list, controlled via
BLENDER_TEST_IGNORE_BLOCKLIST environment variable.
Useful for testing to see if anything is seriously broken in a test
that's black listed. (E.g. See if some particle rendering tests are
seriously broken on the GPU)
It would be recommened that this be used to test GPU compiler updates.
Or the enablement of certain features like custom curve rendering on
custom BVH.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124662
MNEE tests were disabled on Metal due to the feature not being
supported in macOS < 13.
This commit enables MNEE tests on Metal GPUs if they are using
macOS >= 13, otherwise leave it disabled.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124709
Increase fail threshold for tests with platform
dependent noise.
Blacklist `principled_thinfilm_transmission` as
the IOR is very small and isn't packed to the GBuffer
with the same precision on every platform.
