Expose the convenience function `blender::animrig::action_fcurve_ensure()`
to RNA as `Action.fcurve_ensure_for_datablock(...)`.
The function requires that the Action is already assigned to the
data-block. It then takes care of slot assignment / creation, as well as
the creation of a layer and a keyframe strip.
This function call:
```python
fcurve = action.fcurve_ensure_for_datablock(ob_cube, "location", index=2)
```
effectively performs this logic:
```python
# Ensure the slot exists and is assigned:
slot = ob_cube.animation_data.slot
if not slot:
slot = find_slot_for_keying(action)
if not slot:
slot = action.slots.new(ob_cube.name)
ob_cube.animation_data.slot = slot
# Ensure a layer exists:
if action.layers:
layer = action.layers[0]
else:
layer = action.layers.new("Layer")
# Ensure a keyframe strip exists:
if layer.strips:
strip = layer.strips[0]
else:
strip = layer.strips.new('KEYFRAME')
# Ensure the channelbag exists:
channelbag = strip.channelbag(slot, ensure=True)
# Ensure the F-Curve exists:
fcurve = channelbag.fcurves.find("location", index=1)
if not fcurve:
fcurve = channelbag.fcurves.new("location", index=1)
```
Here `find_slot_for_keying()` represents the logic that's also used when
creating keys via the user interface or the `bpy_struct.keyframe_insert()`
function.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/134686
This commit moves generated `RNA_blender.h`, `RNA_prototype.h` and
`RNA_blender_cpp.h` headers to become C++ header files.
It also removes the now useless `RNA_EXTERN_C` defines, and just
directly use the `extern` keyword. We do not need anymore `extern "C"`
declarations here.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/124469
This is a follow up to #123022 to clean up the resultant verbose parameter
passing. We add a new struct `FCurveDescriptor` that contains the parameters
needed for either looking up or creating an fcurve, and that in turn is passed
down the keyframing call chains where fcurve lookup/creation needs to be done.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/123486
The new/experimental, layered `Animation` data-block is merged with the
existing `bAction` data-block.
The `Animation` data-block is considerably newer than `bAction`, so the
supporting code that was written for it is also more modern. When moving
that code into `bAction`, I chose to keep the modernity where possible,
and thus some of the old code has been updated as well. Things like
preferring references over pointers.
The `Animation` data-block is now gone from DNA, the main database, etc.
As this was still an experimental feature, there is no versioning code
to convert any of that to Actions.
The DNA struct `bAction` now has a C++ wrapper `animrig::Action`, that
can be obtained via `some_action->wrap()`.
`animrig::Action` has functions `is_empty()`, `is_action_legacy()`, and
`is_action_layered()`. They **all** return `true` when the Action is
empty, as in that case none of the data that makes an action either
'legacy' or 'layered' is there.
The 'animation filtering' code (for showing things in the dope sheet,
graph editor, etc) that I wrote for `Animation` is intentionally kept
around. These types now target 'layered actions' and the
already-existing ones 'legacy actions'. A future PR may merge these two
together, but given how much work it was to add something new there, I'd
rather wait until the dust has settled on this commit.
There are plenty of variables (and some comments) named `anim` or
`animation` that now are of type `animrig::Action`. I haven't renamed
them all, to keep the noise level low in this commit (it's already big
enough). This can be done in a followup, non-functional PR.
Related task: #121355
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121357
This allows the user to copy the driver(s) of a property to other selected items (e.g. objects, nodes, etc.) via the right-click menu. The implementation is based on the "Copy to Selected" operator, and generally behaves the same except for copying drivers instead of values.
Resolves#120518
