Note that some little parts of code have been dissabled because eval_ctx
was not available there. This should be resolved once DerivedMesh is
replaced.
The scale matrix must have its homogeneous 'w' (at mat[3][3]) set to the
scale in order to also scale the translations along with it. However, this
also scales the transform matrix's 'w' component, which is not supposed
to happen.
No longer passing time as float and constructing ISampleSelectors all
over the place. Instead, just construct an ISampleSelector once and
pass it along.
When importing an Alembic file with grouped transforms, it would badly name the transforms, taking the name of the parent instead of its own.
Patch by @maxime.robinot
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2507
- Remove 'rotate_m2', unlike 'rotate_m4' it created a new matrix
duplicating 'angle_to_mat2' - now used instead.
(better avoid matching functions having different behavior).
- Add 'axis_angle_to_mat4_single',
convenience wrapper for 'axis_angle_to_mat3_single'.
- Replace 'unit_m4(), rotate_m4()' with a single call to 'axis_angle_to_mat4_single'.
All in all, this patch adds an Alembic importer, an Alembic exporter,
and a new CacheFile data block which, for now, wraps around an Alembic
archive. This data block is made available through a new modifier ("Mesh
Sequence Cache") as well as a new constraint ("Transform Cache") to
somewhat properly support respectively geometric and transformation data
streaming from alembic caches.
A more in-depth documentation is to be found on the wiki, as well as a
guide to compile alembic: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/
User:Kevindietrich/AlembicBasicIo.
Many thanks to everyone involved in this little project, and huge shout
out to "cgstrive" for the thorough testings with Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini
and Realflow as well as @fjuhec, @jensverwiebe and @jasperge for the
custom builds and compile fixes.
Reviewers: sergey, campbellbarton, mont29
Reviewed By: sergey, campbellbarton, mont29
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2060
