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Adding WITH_METAL option to CMAKE to guard compilation for macOS only. Implemented stub METALBackend to mirror GPUBackend interface and added capabilities initialisation, along with API initialisation paths. Global rendering coordination commands added to backend with GPU_render_begin and GPU_render_end() commands globally wrapping GPU work. This is required for Metal to ensure temporary resources are generated within an NSAutoReleasePool and freed accordingly. Authored by Apple: Michael Parkin-White, Vil Harvey, Marco Giordano, Michael Jones, Morteza Mostajabodaveh, Jason Fielder Ref T96261 Reviewed By: fclem Maniphest Tasks: T96261 Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D14293
.. Keep this document short & concise, linking to external resources instead of including content in-line. See 'release/text/readme.html' for the end user read-me. Blender ======= Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline-modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking and video editing. .. figure:: https://code.blender.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/springrg.jpg :scale: 50 % :align: center Project Pages ------------- - `Main Website <http://www.blender.org>`__ - `Reference Manual <https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/index.html>`__ - `User Community <https://www.blender.org/community/>`__ Development ----------- - `Build Instructions <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender>`__ - `Code Review & Bug Tracker <https://developer.blender.org>`__ - `Developer Forum <https://devtalk.blender.org>`__ - `Developer Documentation <https://wiki.blender.org>`__ License ------- Blender as a whole is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3. Individual files may have a different, but compatible license. See `blender.org/about/license <https://www.blender.org/about/license>`__ for details.