This tool automates the process of copying a pose to successive
keyframes, making it easier for animators to go back and change the
pose for some controls which remain "static" for periods of time.
Previously, animators would need to do a "{Ctrl-Pageup Ctrl-V} *
number_of_static_keyframes" dance for each set of controls that this
happened on, which is not too good ergonomically speaking.
There are two modes exposed via the menu (Pose->Propagate):
- "Pose Propagate" - also known as the 'WHILE_HELD' mode, which
propagates to all keyframes that are holding the same value
- "To Next Keyframe" - which only propagates the pose to the closest
keyframe in the occurring after (but not including) the current frame
Additionally, there are a few other modes that can be used, though
they are less useful for direct use from the UI, though they can be
used via the PyAPI as need be.
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Also, I did some cleanups in the "Pose" menu to bring it more into
line with the Object mode one. There are some more tweaks that could
still be done here, such as bringing the keyframing operator entries
under a submenu too (as in the Object mode version) to get the length
of this under control.
- Sync Markers option works for local markers (or any other list of
markers in future) too now.
- Apply Pose to Restpose operator now displays a warning if an action
was found (warning about the action now being invalid)
Option for tagging creases (Ctrl+RMB) to also re-unwrap the mesh.
In 2.42 this could be done by setting rt==8 (very hidden), now its a little less hidden (in the toolbar).
Hanging Tooltips solved!
It appeared to be that an active button remained in that state when
another region/editor became active. It then kept the button-activate
state, and therefore also the optional tooltip.
This only happened on fast moves, when a mousemove event was not passed
on anymore to the previously active subwindow.
It has been solved with a new notifier (SWINACTIVE), which gets sent on
new active regions. The screen listener then calls uiFreeActiveButtons()
to find out if buttons were still active somewhere else.
we cant ensure that a requested buffer can be allocated so report opengl errors when failing to allocate the buffer (rather then printing to console).
this is common enough and generic error isn't too helpful to users.
Shift+D in graph editor was an operator calling internally an operator.
Better is to make it a Macro, then Undos and Esc work nicely.
Note for API users: the operator "graph.duplicate" will now just
copy the selection and not run transform. Nicer too :)
in dope sheet/ graph editor leads to duplicated keys
The old hack using the transform "undostring" didn't work anymore, as
this wasn't set. Instead, I've added a special mode transform mode for
this that the duplicate operators can set to get this functionality.
* Moved ICON_BLENDER away from (0,0) spot in blenderbuttons, since ICON_BLENDER=0 define is conflicting ICON_NULL define as well as with logic checks for nonzero icon id.
* This solved bug where ICON_BLENDER can't be set from Python as well as when using new UI functions from within Blender.
popup appears, saving an extra click
I've separated out the "XXX"-'d event-adding-hack section from the
search-menu code into a separate API function (as recommended there).
This call is used to make sure that textboxes in popups can get
activated by default, to allow typing immediately.
- rename rna collection structs Main prefix to BlendData: eg, MainObjects --> BlendDataObjects
- printing python collection now prints its type (when available)
- renamed shadowed vars in bpy_rna.c.
- when making functions static I also made debugging/test functions static, reverse and add definitions to headers instead.
most local modifier,GPU,ImBuf and Interface functions are now static.
also fixed an error were the fluid modifier definition and the header didnt have the same number of args.
- use NULL rather then 0 where possible (makes code & function calls more readable IMHO).
- set static variables and functions (exposed some unused vars/funcs).
- use func(void) rather then func() for definitions.
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Removed limitation of armatured-only objects for sculpting -- now all
deformation modifiers are allowed in sculpt mode. Use crazyspace corrections
like from transformation modules was used to support all deformation modifiers.
Internal change: all crazyspace-related functions were noved to crazyspace.c
P.S. Brush could make quite unexpected deformation for meshes which are
deformed in specified way. Got patch for this and discussing with Brecht
if it's really needed or maybe it could be done in better way.
detects...
- invalid vertex range for edges/faces
- duplicate indices in edge/face
- duplicate edges/faces in mesh
- missing edges data in faces
At the moment it doesn't correct errors, but eventually it will do this.
Scene (Toolsettings, i.e. alongside "layered" option for using NLA
while doing auto-keying)
This option makes all Auto-Keying operations use the active Keying Set
to carry out keyframing operations instead of picking and choosing
their own Keying Sets to use, thus cutting down on the number of
unwanted keys.
Warning: if the older userpref option was enabled in an old
startup.blend, it may be difficult to turn this option off.
Used a crazyspace approach (like in edit mode), but only modifiers with
deformMatricies are allowed atm (currently shapekeys and armature modifiers only).
All the rest modifiers had an warning message that they aren't applied because
of sculpt mode. Deformation of multires is also unsupported.
With all this restictions users will always see the actual "layer" (or maybe
mesh state would be more correct word) they are sculpting on.
Internal changes:
- All modifiers could have deformMatricies callback (the same as deformMatriciesEM but
for non-edit mode usage)
- Added function to build crazyspace for sculpting (sculpt_get_deform_matrices), but it
could be generalized for usage in other painting modes (particle edit mode, i.e)
Todo:
- Implement crazyspace correction to support all kinds of deformation modifiers
- Maybe deformation of multires isn't so difficult?
- And maybe we could avoid extra bad-level-stub for ED_sculpt_modifiers_changed
without code duplicating?
Report was that move-to-layer menu failed. The real cause was
more complex; had to dive deep in the dungeons of the interface
code that handled undos and operators. Found several issues:
- popup menus (like redo operator, color picker) executed again
on a mouse-exit
- far too many buttons were sending undo pushes; even worse, in
the operator redo-panel each button action was pushed twice
- in case operator redo-buttons have own callbacks (like layer
buttons) the redo wasn't working
- layerbutton menu was called without creating a proper undo/redo
case
Things should all work smoother now!
On todo:
- better definition and handling of all versions for operator menus
(four types now, not fun)
also: make operator "do" menu, which on first action does operator
and then switches to redo-ing
- bring back Undo menu, to list the undo stack and jump in it.
Sketching Sessions.
Fix for secondary issue noted in this bug report. Some of the code for
the fancy 3d view sketching options needed to be moved around so that
there is a clearer "paint/sketch session" and "stroke" separation
between various stages. There's still some more stuff that needs to be
done here before I think it's totally cleaned up.
The tool-redo depends on a working undo system, so it can rewind
a step and then redo operator with new settings. When a user
disables undo, this won't work.
Now the properties for redo operator (toolbar, F6) will grey out
when a redo isn't possible.
that used markers. I might've missed a few still, but at least a few
more cases will work now
- Accidentally broke keyframe selection on group channels in gpencil
commit, after misreading a call name.
This commit restores some basic functionality for retiming Grease
Pencil sketches. Some of the functionality that existed before still
hasn't been restored (namely snap/mirror tools as well as copy+paste),
though it should be possible to use this for basic retiming and
sketch-frame management again.
- There's still a lot of work required to get this up to the standard
of the rest of the animation editor code, as some of this code was
originally just hacked in based on the old-style code.
- Work is already required to not have to directly access the main db
global to get the list of Grease Pencil datablocks to show, but that
can come along with pending cleanups of the filtering code.
from Dan Eicher (dna)
From the tracker (with minor edits)
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cube = bpy.data.objects['Cube']
foo = cube.vertex_groups.new('foo')
foo.add([1,3,5,7], 1.0, 'ADD')
for i in range(len(cube.data.vertices)):
try:
weight = foo.weight(i)
print('vert: %i weight: %f' % (i, weight))
except:
pass
foo.remove([1,3])
cube.vertex_groups.remove(foo)
animation editors (DopeSheet, Graph Editor, NLA, Sequencer) ==
=== Usage Notes ===
In animation editors, marker operators will only be considered while
the mouse is hovering near/over the horizontal scrollbar (i.e. where
the markers usually appear). That means, in order to do something to
the markers, just position your cursor in line with the row of
markers, and then use the same hotkeys you'd use in the TimeLine (so,
unlike in 2.4x, no more need to hold down extra modifier keys for this
case). In the TimeLine, nothing changes, so you don't need to worry
about mouse placement there :)
=== Technical Details ===
Since early 2.5 versions, this functionality has been disabled, as the
markers were always getting evaluated first, and hence "swallowing"
all the events before the editor's own keymaps could access them.
In order to get this working again, I've had to give every marker
operator a "wrapper" invoke callback which performs some checking to
ensure that the mouse is close to the markers (vertically) before the
operator will try to be run. This wrapper also makes sure that once
the operator has finished running, that if it didn't manage to do
anything, then the editor's own keymaps get to have a go.
The vertical tolerance used is currently 30 pixels (as was used for
the borderselect operator).
=== Other Assorted Changes ===
* Gave marker operators dependent on having selected markers to
operate on suitable poll() callbacks. These new poll callbacks ensure
that there are selected markers for the operator to operate on,
further cutting down the number of places where markers may override
standard hotkeys (and avoiding calls to the wrappers too)
* Simplified some of the selection code
* Made some formatting tweaks for consistency, and in one case so that
my text editor's function-list display doesn't get confused
Code changes are minimal, re-using the code as already was there.
Options are in pulldown menu, or SHIFT+T and SHIFT+ALT+T
Might be that Martin likes to see it different... do we need
a special operatortype for it?