We already have different storages for cddata of verts, edges etc.,
'simply' do the same for the mask flags we use all around Blender code
to request some data, or limit some operation to some layers, etc.
Reason we need this is that some cddata types (like Normals) are
actually shared between verts/polys/loops, and we don’t want to generate
clnors everytime we request vnors!
As a side note, this also does final fix to T59338, which was the
trigger for this patch (need to request computed loop normals for
another mesh than evaluated one).
Reviewers: brecht, campbellbarton, sergey
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4407
Now it will be simpler for code jsut wanting to preserve custom normals
around to set them, without having to add same boiler plate code all the
time around actual code.
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Our mesh validation was only checking cd layout so far, not their actual
data. While this might only be needed for a few types, this is a
required addition for things like imported UVs, else we have no way to
avoid nasty things like NANs & co.
Note that more layer types may need that callback, time will say. For
now added it to some obvious missing cases...
Not all three sides of a tesselated mesh triangle are guaranteed
to be original mesh edges, so a somewhat complicated check is
required to detect which ones are real. It seems that until now
there was no utility function for that, only some example code.
Loop triangles are tessellated triangles create from polygons, for renderers
or exporters that need to match Blender's polygon tesselation exactly. These
are a read-only runtime cache.
Tessfaces are a legacy data structure from before Blender supported n-gons,
and were already mostly removed from the C code.
Details on porting code to loop triangles is in the release notes.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D3539
