When using Collection export skip drawing certain operator properties
which shouldn't apply for this style of export.
These suppressed properties were mentioned a few times while gathering
feedback for the feature and they are ignored internally when using
collection export anyhow.
This implements the ability to have file exporters added and configured on Collections.
Exporting is reachable from several locations:
- Individually on each exporter configuration: The `Export` button in each panel header
- For all exporters on the collection: The `Export All` button in the main panel interface
- For all exporters on all collections in the scene: The `File`->`Export All Collections` button
Visibility of which collections currently have exporters configured is done by ways of an icon added to the Collection row in the Outliner.
Adding multiple exporters for the same file type is permitted. The user is free to setup several exports of the same format but with different file locations or settings etc.
Notes:
Only USD and Wavefront OBJ are enabled for the initial commit. Additional formats, including those implemented in Python will be added as separate commits after this.
Ref #115690
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/116646
The MTLWriter was using a BLI_assert to check user-provided data, which
is incorrect and would only work in Debug builds. Release builds would
end up using too small of a buffer and would needlessly fail to append
the `.mtl` extension in some cases.
Instead, we now allow the path manipulation code to just use the full
max size available to it.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/120275
Move the public functions from the editors/object (`ED_object.hh`)
header to the `blender::ed::object` namespace, and move all of the
implementation files to the namespace too. This provides better code
completion, makes it easier to use other C++ code, removes unnecessary
redundancy and verbosity from local uses of public functions, and more
cleanly separates different modules.
See the diff in `ED_object.hh` for the main renaming changes.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/119947
Properly handle exceptions from STL and PLY code to prevent crashes on
invalid file paths.
This will now also Report errors/warnings to the callers of these
formats as well. For the UI this means a Report banner and Info editor
entry. For Python scripts this means an exception instead of silently
continuing.
Related to #117881
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118731
The `object_to_world` and `world_to_object` matrices are set during
depsgraph evaluation, calculated from the object's animated location,
rotation, scale, parenting, and constraints. It's confusing and
unnecessary to store them with the original data in DNA.
This commit moves them to `ObjectRuntime` and moves the matrices to
use the C++ `float4x4` type, giving the potential for simplified code
using the C++ abstractions. The matrices are accessible with functions
on `Object` directly since they are used so commonly. Though for write
access, directly using the runtime struct is necessary.
The inverse `world_to_object` matrix is often calculated before it's
used, even though it's calculated as part of depsgraph evaluation.
Long term we might not want to store this in `ObjectRuntime` at all,
and just calculate it on demand. Or at least we should remove the
redundant calculations. That should be done separately though.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118210
- Only calculate the necessary normals based on smooth/flat/mixed shading
- Use cached face normals instead of computing them
- Use a `VectorSet` for deduplication instead of a `Map`
- Deduplicate vertex normals and store indices in separate loops
- Avoid unnecessary duplication of face normal indices
- Inline simple function for slicing index span
Export time (ms) of 1.8m vertex mesh:
| Normals Domain | Before | After |
| --------------- | ------ | ----- |
| Face (flat) | 559 | 469 |
| Vertex (smooth) | 659 | 466 |
| Corner (mixed) | 656 | 640 |
The change of using normals from different domains and using a
VectorSet for de-duplication change the order of normals in the OBJ
files. Other than that, the results should be unchanged.
Fixes#117510
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/117522
Remove the need for the `calc_vertex_coords` function by combining
the scale into the existing transform needed to export vertex positions
in global space. This simplifies code and may slightly improve performance
(I only observed a few percent difference in the positions export, which is
not a slower part of the export).
- Use Span where ownership is unnecessary
- Use Array when dynamic growth is unnecessary
- Use Vector in all other cases
Also remove unnecessary namespace specification.
`BKE_object_get_pre_modified_mesh` returns curve object data, later
accessing non-existing edge/face data triggered the crash.
`apply_modifiers` seems valid for mesh data only.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/117471
When exporting animation (one .obj file per animation frame), the old
Python OBJ exporter used to emit frame number with leading zeros, e.g.
"000012" which made sorting files by frame easier. The new C++ OBJ
exporter does not do that.
Fix that by reintroducing leading zeros. However, use 4 digits
("0012") since that matches 4 digits used in many other places, and
also it's very unlikely that someone would export more than several
thousand frames into OBJ. If that happens, it all works correctly
anyway, just without leading zeroes.
Fixes#116520
Except for vertex groups and a few older color types, these
are generally replaced by newer generic attribute types.
Also remove some includes of DNA_mesh_types.h, since it's
included indirectly by BKE_mesh.hh currently.
Each value is now out of the global namespace, so they can be shorter
and easier to read. Most of this commit just adds the necessary casting
and namespace specification. `enum class` can be forward declared since
it has a specified size. We will make use of that in the next commit.
Use the standard "elements_num" naming, and use the "corner" name rather
than the old "loop" name: `verts_num`, `edges_num`, and `corners_num`.
This matches the existing `faces_num` field which was already renamed.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/116350
This gives better asserts in debug builds through use of Span, more
safety when name convention attributes happen to have different types
or domains, and simpler code in some cases. But the main reasoning is to
avoid relying on the specifics of CustomData more to allow us to replace
it in the future.
Design task: #93551
This PR replaces the auto smooth option with a geometry nodes modifier
that sets the sharp edge attribute. This solves a fair number of long-
standing problems related to auto smooth, simplifies the process of
normal computation, and allows Blender to automatically choose between
face, vertex, and face corner normals based on the sharp edge and face
attributes.
Versioning adds a geometry node group to objects with meshes that had
auto-smooth enabled. The modifier can be applied, which also improves
performance.
Auto smooth is now unnecessary to get a combination of sharp and smooth
edges. In general workflows are changed a bit. Separate procedural and
destructive workflows are available. Custom normals can be used
immediately without turning on the removed auto smooth option.
**Procedural**
The node group asset "Smooth by Angle" is the main way to set sharp
normals based on the edge angle. It can be accessed directly in the add
modifier menu. Of course the modifier can be reordered, muted, or
applied like any other, or changed internally like any geometry nodes
modifier.
**Destructive**
Often the sharp edges don't need to be dynamic. This can give better
performance since edge angles don't need to be recalculated. In edit
mode the two operators "Select Sharp Edges" and "Mark Sharp" can be
used. In other modes, the "Shade Smooth by Angle" controls the edge
sharpness directly.
### Breaking API Changes
- `use_auto_smooth` is removed. Face corner normals are now used
automatically if there are mixed smooth vs. not smooth tags. Meshes
now always use custom normals if they exist.
- In Cycles, the lack of the separate auto smooth state makes normals look
triangulated when all faces are shaded smooth.
- `auto_smooth_angle` is removed. Replaced by a modifier (or operator)
controlling the sharp edge attribute. This means the mesh itself
(without an object) doesn't know anything about automatically smoothing
by angle anymore.
- `create_normals_split`, `calc_normals_split`, and `free_normals_split`
are removed, and are replaced by the simpler `Mesh.corner_normals`
collection property. Since it gives access to the normals cache, it
is automatically updated when relevant data changes.
Addons are updated here: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender-addons/pulls/104609
### Tests
- `geo_node_curves_test_deform_curves_on_surface` has slightly different
results because face corner normals are used instead of interpolated
vertex normals.
- `bf_wavefront_obj_tests` has different export results for one file
which mixed sharp and smooth faces without turning on auto smooth.
- `cycles_mesh_cpu` has one object which is completely flat shaded.
Previously every edge was split before rendering, now it looks triangulated.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108014
