There was already code to handle active scene pointer for the window.
Simply replace it by a call to `wm_data_consistency_ensure`, which will
ensure that all potentially missing pointers in UI data get reset.
Match function and declaration names, picking names based on
consistency with related code & clarity.
Also changes for old conventions, missed in previous cleanups:
- name -> filepath
- tname -> newname
- maxlen -> maxncpy
Add an explicit mask in `IDAddOperations` for flags that are inherited
by default for dependencies of explicitely added data.
And refactor handling of per-id-usage flags returned by the
`dependencies_filter_cb` callback to also have a mask value defined in
`IDAddOperations`, as this is clearer and easier to maintain than a
constexpr hiddin in implementation code.
This is used by ID copy/paste code to detect which IDs from a copy/paste
buffer can be used as paste source.
Also slightly refactor implementation to handle both fake/extra ID user,
and clipboard mark in the same utils function.
`DUPLICATE_DEPENDENCIES` was wrongly used instead of `ADD_DEPENDENCIES`,
the former should be considered a non-modifiable option for a whole
'add' operation. But the per-ID-usage callback should be able to force a
dependency to be added or cleared.
This is the main merge commit of the brush assets project. The previous
commits did some preparing changes, more tweaks are in the following commits.
Also, a lot of the more general work was already merged into the main branch
over the last two years.
With the new design, quite some things can be removed/replaced:
- There's a unified "Brush" tool now, brush based tools and all special
handling is removed.
- Old tool and brush icons are unsed now, and their initialization code
removed here. That means they draw as blank now, and the icon files can be
removed in a follow up.
- Creation of default brushes is unnecessary since brushes are now bundled in
the Essentials asset library. Icons/previews are handled as standard asset
previews.
- Grease pencil eraser options are replaced by a general default eraser brush
that can be set by the user.
More changes are planned still, see task list issue below.
Main Authors: Bastien Montagne, Brecht Van Lommel, Hans Goudey, Julian Eisel
Additionally involved on the design: Dalai Felinto, Julien Kaspar
Blog Post: https://code.blender.org/2024/07/brush-assets-is-out/
Tasks:
https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/116337
Reviewed incrementally as part of the brush assets project, see:
https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/106303
This commit introduces a new `PartialWriteContext` class, which wraps
around a regular Main struct. It is designed to make writing a set of
IDs easy and safe, and to prepare for future 'asset library editing'
low-level code.
The main goal of this refactor is to provide the same functionalities
(or better ones) than existing partial write code, without the very
bad hacks currently done.
It will replace within the coming weeks all current usages of the
`BKE_blendfile_write_partial` API.
Essentially, it allows to:
* Add (aka copy) IDs from the G_MAIN to the partial write context.
* This process handles dependencies and libraries automatically.
* A refined handling of dependencies is possible through an optional
'filtering' callback.
* Keep track of added IDs, to allow de-duplication in case data is added
more than once.
* Cleanup the context (i.e. remove unused IDs).
* Write the context to disk as a blendfile.
Since the context keeps information to find matches between its content
and IDs from the G_MAIN, its lifespan is expected to be _very_ short.
Otherwise, changes in G_MAIN (relationships between IDs, their session uid,
etc.) cannot be tracked by the context, leading to inconsistencies.
A partial write context should typically be created, filled, written and
deleted within a same function.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/122118
For the brush assets, this mechanism makes brush, texture, node tree and
image datablocks editable even when library linked.
This commit should introduce no functional change yet, as the code to
actually tag such libraries as editable will come later.
* These libraries and their datablocks are preserved when loading a new
blend file, much like the UI can be preserved.
* Operators that create new datablocks to be assigned to such datablocks
will put the datablocks in the same library immediately. This was
implemented for datablocks relevant for brush assets.
* RNA does not allow assignment of pointers from such linked datablocks
to local datablocks.
Co-authored-by: Bastien Montagne <bastien@blender.org>
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121920
The extensions system allows to extend Blender with connectivity to the internet. Right now it means Blender can
discover and install add-ons and themes directly from the internet, and notify users about their updates.
By default this is disabled (opt-in), and users can enable it the first time they try to install an extension or visit
the Prefences > Extensions tab. If this is enabled, Blender will automatically check for updates for
extensions.blender.org upon startup.
When will Blender access the remote repositories:
* Every time you open the Preferences → Extensions: ALL the enabled repositories get checked for the latest info (json)
* Every time you try to install by dragging: ALL the enabled repositories get checked for the latest info (json).
* Every time you start Blender: selected repositories get checked for the latest info (json).
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From the Blender code point of view, this means that most of the add-ons and themes originally bundled with Blender
will now be available from the online platform, instead of bundled with Blender. The exception are add-ons which are
deemed core functionality which just happened to be written as Python add-ons.
Links:
* Original Extenesions Platform Announcement: https://code.blender.org/2022/10/blender-extensions-platform/
* Extensions website: https://extensions.blender.org/
* User Manual: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.2/extensions/index.html#extensions-index
* Technical specifications: https://developer.blender.org/docs/features/extensions/
* Changes on add-ons bundling: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/changes-to-add-on-bundling-4-2-onwards/34593
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This PR does the following:
* Move extensions out of experimental.
* No longer install `scripts/addons` & `scripts/addons_contrib`.
* Add `scripts/addons_core` to blender's repository.
These add-ons will still be bundled with Blender and will be always enabled in the future, with their preferences
moved to be more closely integrated with the rest of Blender. This will happen during the remaining bcon2 period.
For more details, see #121830
From scripts/addons:
* copy_global_transform.py
* hydra_storm
* io_anim_bvh
* io_curve_svg
* io_mesh_uv_layout
* io_scene_fbx
* io_scene_gltf2
* pose_library
* ui_translate
* viewport_vr_preview
Extra: bl_pkg (scripts/addons_contrib)
Note: The STL (legacy) add-on is going to be moved to the extensions platform. There is already a C++ version on core
which is enabled by default.
All the other add-ons are already available at extensions.blender.org. To use them you need to:
* Go to User Preferences > Extensions
* You will be greated with an "Online Extensions" message, click on "Enable Repository".
* Search the add-on you are looking for (e.g, Import Images as Planes).
* Click on Install
Over time their maintaince will be transferred over to the community so their development can carry on. If you used to
help maintain a bundled add-on please read: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/changes-to-add-on-bundling-4-2-onwards/34593
Ref: !121825
When an asset is heavily modified, all production files having
liboverrides of it will still try to link all their known linked
reference IDs, leading to potentially thousands of not-really-useful
warnings about missing IDs in the console.
Now that liboverrides resync cleans up better these left-over data, it's
better to report missing linked data _after_ the liboverride resync
process.
Note that the original place can still report all effectively missing
linked data if needed, but this is now a logging info, so it won't be
displayed anywhere unless explicitely requested.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118577
Initialize a remote repository pointing to
https://extensions.blender.org and a local repository to use for
local (side-loaded) extensions installed from the file-system.
The depsgraph CoW mechanism is a bit of a misnomer. It creates an
evaluated copy for data-blocks regardless of whether the copy will
actually be written to. The point is to have physical separation between
original and evaluated data. This is in contrast to the commonly used
performance improvement of keeping a user count and copying data
implicitly when it needs to be changed. In Blender code we call this
"implicit sharing" instead. Importantly, the dependency graph has no
idea about the _actual_ CoW behavior in Blender.
Renaming this functionality in the despgraph removes some of the
confusion that comes up when talking about this, and will hopefully
make the depsgraph less confusing to understand initially too. Wording
like "the evaluated copy" (as opposed to the original data-block) has
also become common anyway.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118338
The ID remapper code was already largely defined in a CPP struct
(IDRemapper). Make this an actual class, and remove the C API wrapper
around.
This makes the code cleaner, easier to follow, and easier to extend or
modify in the future.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118146
I added a new BLO_userdef_default.h header to contain declarations of
two global variables that are still defined in C files. Use of designated
initializers for large structs make those files harder to change.
Arguably this is a better header for them anyway.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118015
`UUID` generally stands for "universally unique identifier". The session identifier that
we use is neither universally unique, nor does it follow the standard. Therefor, the term
"session uuid" is confusing and should be replaced.
In #116888 we briefly talked about a better name and ended up with "session uid".
The reason for "uid" instead of "id" is that the latter is a very overloaded term in Blender
already.
This patch changes all uses of "uuid" to "uid" where it's used in the context of a
"session uid". It's not always trivial to see whether a specific mention of "uuid" refers
to an actual uuid or something else. Therefore, I might have missed some renames.
I can't think of an automated way to differentiate the case.
BMesh also uses the term "uuid" sometimes in a the wrong context (e.g. `UUIDFaceStepItem`)
but there it also does not mean "session uid", so it's *not* changed by this patch.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/117350
