The core issue was that the geometry batch cache (e.g. `MeshBatchCache` or
`PointCloudBatchCache`) was dependent on the object. This is problematic when
the the same geometry is used with multiple different objects because the cache
can't be consistent with all of them.
Fortunately, the only thing that was retrieved from the object was the number of
material slots, so if that can be avoided we should be fine. We can't just use
the number of material slots stored on the geometry because that may have no
material slots but still has material indices which are overridden on the object
level.
The solution is to take make the number of materials for a geometry only
dependent on the actual `material_index` attribute and not on the number of
available slots. More specifically, we find the maximal referenced material
index and handle that many materials. This number does not depend on how many
material slots there are on the object, but it still allows the object to
override materials slots that the mesh references.
A downside is that the maximum material index has to be computed which often
requires an iteration over the mesh. Fortunately, we can cache that quite easily
and the computation can be done in parallel. Also we are probably able to
eagerly update the material index in many cases when it's set instead of
computing it lazily. That is not implemented in this patch though.
The largest part of the patch is making the maximal material index easily
available on all the geometry types. Besides that, the material API is slightly
replaced and the drawing code now makes use of the updated API.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/133498
Especially through DRW_render.hh, there were a lot of unnecessary
includes almost everywhere in the module. This typically makes
dependencies less explicit and slows down compile times, so switch
to including what files actual use.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/133450
Previously, the number of material slots on the geometry (e.g. mesh) was the
ground truth. However, this had limitations in the case when the object had more
material slots than the evaluated geometry. All extra slots on the object were
ignored.
This patch changes the definition so that the number of materials used for
rendering is the maximum of the number of material slots on the geometry and on
the object. This also implies that one always needs a reference to an object
when determining that number, but that was fairly straight forward to achieve in
current code.
This patch also cleans up the material count handling a fair amount by using the
`BKE_object_material_*_eval` API more consistently instead of manually accessing
`totcol`. Cycles uses the the same API indirectly through RNA.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/131869
Previously, the number of material slots on the geometry (e.g. mesh) was the
ground truth. However, this had limitations in the case when the object had more
material slots than the evaluated geometry. All extra slots on the object were
ignored.
This patch changes the definition so that the number of materials used for
rendering is the maximum of the number of material slots on the geometry and on
the object. This also implies that one always needs a reference to an object
when determining that number, but that was fairly straight forward to achieve in
current code.
This patch also cleans up the material count handling a fair amount by using the
`BKE_object_material_*_eval` API more consistently instead of manually accessing
`totcol`. Cycles uses the the same API indirectly through RNA.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/131761
Adds antialiasing to curve's handles and thickness to active ones.
Also handles now react to
`Preferences > Interface > Display > Resolution Scale` and
`Preferences > Themes > 3D Viewport > Edge Width` as they do in
legacy curves.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/122910
Now that all relevant code is C++, the indirection from the C struct
`GPUVertBuf` to the C++ `blender::gpu::VertBuf` class just adds
complexity and necessitates a wrapper API, making more cleanups like
use of RAII or other C++ types more difficult.
This commit replaces the C wrapper structs with direct use of the
vertex and index buffer base classes. In C++ we can choose which parts
of a class are private, so we don't risk exposing too many
implementation details here.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/119825
This makes the edit mode drawing for the new curves data more similar
to the old edit mode. Specifically, it draws the evaluated curves now instead
of just a poly curve. Furthermore, it now draws bezier handles as well as
a separate control curve for nurbs curves.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/119053
Overall the transition to C++ in the draw module is awkwardly half
complete, but moving more code to a C++ namespace makes cleaning up
this code in other ways much easier, and the next C++ cleanup steps
are clear anyway.
"mesh" reads much better than "me" since "me" is a different word.
There's no reason to avoid using two more characters here. Replacing
all of these at once is better than encountering it repeatedly and
doing the same change bit by bit.
Listing the "Blender Foundation" as copyright holder implied the Blender
Foundation holds copyright to files which may include work from many
developers.
While keeping copyright on headers makes sense for isolated libraries,
Blender's own code may be refactored or moved between files in a way
that makes the per file copyright holders less meaningful.
Copyright references to the "Blender Foundation" have been replaced with
"Blender Authors", with the exception of `./extern/` since these this
contains libraries which are more isolated, any changed to license
headers there can be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Some directories in `./intern/` have also been excluded:
- `./intern/cycles/` it's own `AUTHORS` file is planned.
- `./intern/opensubdiv/`.
An "AUTHORS" file has been added, using the chromium projects authors
file as a template.
Design task: #110784
Ref !110783.
