From the tracker:::
Issues fixed:
- ConeTwist-constraint's params weren't making it to the CcdPhysicsEnvironment, also added Hinge's params.
- UI wasn't using angles where applicable.
- btHingeConstraint's constructor can create frame-matrices which don't align so the hinge doesn's start at 0 degree tilt.
This is an issue when setting limits.
Changes:
- UI: Hinge limits can be set (and disabled).
- UI: ConeTwist only has max-limits and only the twistX can be disabled
- PyApi via rna_constraint.c: added the functions limit_xyz_min, limit_xyz_max (for 6dof), limit_angle_xyz_min,
limit_angle_xyz_max (for 6dof), limit_angle_x_min, limit_angle_x_max (for hinge).
- PyApi: dropped python-function limit_cone_min.
.:. Extra:
UI Changes:
- renamed "RigidBody Joint" to "Rigid Boidy Joint"
- reorganized UI to conform with other parameters (e.g. Limit Rot)
- added dis/active all over the place :)
* More code cleanup.
When removing the narrow_ui feature, a lot of split functions were kept. Changed them to rows, which are more easily readable. Check out properties_data_lattice.py for a good example.
This removes auto-registration, committed by Martin r30961.
Realize this is a contentious topic but Brecht and myself both would rather opt-in registration.
TODO:
- addons need updating.
- class list will be modified to use weakrefs (should have been done for existing system too).
- will move bpy.types.(un)register functions into bpy.utils.(un)register_class, currently including these functions in a type list is internally ugly, scripts which loop over types also need to check for these.
Experimental tweak for the "Object Constraints" tab so that it now
shows a warning message instead of the "Add Constraints" button when
the active object is in Pose Mode. Hopefully this will further
alleviate any confusion over Object vs Bone level constraints.
Todo:
While coding this, I noticed that we currently don't have any way of
making help-text labels in UI panels which can span multiple lines
(word-wrapped or manually split). Probably not a critical issue, but
it would be nice for completeness...
* Added the options in UI and RNA
Funny Note: This was on my own to-do list (see commit 20577 in the py file from 2009-06-02 when I ported the UI from C to Python) :P
layout.prop_object() --> prop_search().
The internal name is uiItemPointerR, in python this can translate into into an Object, however this is misleading.
It can be confused with a blender Object and uiItemPointerR can also be used for strings.
- re-arranged UI in a way that gave far too much vert scrolling.
- was added all over for simple things like making text="", layout engine should handle this.
- Ton and Brecht are ok with removing this now. Ton would like to work on the layout engine to make it better support these cases.
poll() function is now a static method in python, this is more correct, matching C where the operator is not created to run poll.
def poll(self, context): ...
is now...
@staticmethod
def poll(context): ...
Pythons way of doing static methods is a bit odd but cant be helped :|
This does make subclassing poll functions with COMPAT_ENGINES break, so had to modify quite a few scripts for this.
These are not animated and are best not change names like this too late in the release.
ActionGroup.selected -> select: boolean Action Group is selected
BezierSplinePoint.hidden -> hide: boolean Visibility status
BezierSplinePoint.selected_control_point -> select_control_point: boolean Control point selection status
BezierSplinePoint.selected_handle1 -> select_left_handle: boolean Handle 1 selection status
BezierSplinePoint.selected_handle2 -> select_right_handle: boolean Handle 2 selection status
Bone.restrict_select -> hide_select: boolean Bone is able to be selected
Bone.selected -> select: boolean
CurveMapPoint.selected -> select: boolean Selection state of the curve point
EditBone.restrict_select -> hide_select: boolean Bone is able to be selected
EditBone.selected -> select: boolean
EditBone.selected_head -> select_head: boolean
EditBone.selected_tail -> select_tail: boolean
EditBone.locked -> lock: boolean Bone is not able to be transformed when in Edit Mode
EditBone.hidden -> hide: boolean Bone is not visible when in Edit Mode
NEGATE * FCurve.disabled -> enabled: boolean F-Curve could not be evaluated in past, so should be skipped when evaluating
FCurve.locked -> lock: boolean F-Curve's settings cannot be edited
FCurve.muted -> mute: boolean F-Curve is not evaluated
FCurve.selected -> select: boolean F-Curve is selected for editing
NEGATE * FCurve.visible -> hide: boolean F-Curve and its keyframes are shown in the Graph Editor graphs
FCurveSample.selected -> select: boolean Selection status
GPencilFrame.selected -> select: boolean Frame is selected for editing in the DopeSheet
GPencilLayer.locked -> lock: boolean Protect layer from further editing and/or frame changes
GPencilLayer.selected -> select: boolean Layer is selected for editing in the DopeSheet
Keyframe.selected -> select: boolean Control point selection status
Keyframe.selected_handle1 -> select_left_handle: boolean Handle 1 selection status
Keyframe.selected_handle2 -> select_right_handle: boolean Handle 2 selection status
MeshEdge.selected -> select: boolean
MeshEdge.hidden -> hide: boolean
MeshFace.hidden -> hide: boolean
MeshFace.selected -> select: boolean
MeshVertex.hidden -> hide: boolean
MeshVertex.selected -> select: boolean
MotionPathVert.selected -> select: boolean Path point is selected for editing
NlaStrip.selected -> select: boolean NLA Strip is selected
NlaTrack.locked -> lock: boolean NLA Track is locked
NlaTrack.muted -> mute: boolean NLA Track is not evaluated
NlaTrack.selected -> select: boolean NLA Track is selected
Object.restrict_render -> hide_render: boolean Restrict renderability
Object.restrict_select -> hide_select: boolean Restrict selection in the viewport
Object.restrict_view -> hide: boolean Restrict visibility in the viewport
Object.selected -> select: boolean Object selection state
ObjectBase.selected -> select: boolean Object base selection state
PoseBone.selected -> select: boolean
Sequence.right_handle_selected -> select_right_handle: boolean
Sequence.selected -> select: boolean
SplinePoint.selected -> select_control_point: boolean Selection status
TimelineMarker.selected -> select: boolean Marker selection state
Sequence.left_handle_selected -> select_left_handle: boolean
ActionGroup.locked -> lock: boolean Action Group is locked
Bone.hidden -> hide: boolean Bone is not visible when it is not in Edit Mode (i.e. in Object or Pose Modes)
SplinePoint.hidden -> hide: boolean Visibility status
FModifier.muted -> mute: boolean F-Curve Modifier will not be evaluated
note: rebaned uv_select to select_uv
* Constraint template now uses 2 rows as well, when the area width is small.
* UI Code could use some code/layout cleanup still, will look into that soon.
This constraint allows an object or bone to have their rotations applied as if their origin/pivot-point was located elsewhere. The most obvious uses include foot-roll, see-saws, but could also include more complicated rolling-box examples.
== Usage Examples ==
=== Foot Roll ===
1. Add 'Pivot' Constraint to the bone without any target.
2. Set the 'Y' value of the offset to the length of the bone. Usually this should be negative (if you rig with feet facing 'forwards' along -Y axis). This gives you a pivot point relative to the bone's (preconstraint) location, which should be at the tip of the bone here. Disabling the 'Use Relative Offset' would make this offset be relative to 0,0,0 instead of to the owner/bone-head.
3. Ensure that the 'Pivot When' setting is set to '-X Rot', (default) which means that the pivot will only used when the rotation on the X-Axis is negative to get tip-toe 'roll'.
=== See Saw ===
1. Add a 'Pivot' constraint too see-saw plank object, this time with a target that you wish to have as the pivot-point. It's possible to do this without too (as before), but is less intuitive.
2. Optionally, if you want the plank slightly raised, set the z-offset value, which should make the pivot-point used to be relative to the target with the z-offset applied.
3. Ensure that 'Pivot When' is set to 'Always', which means that the pivot will always be used, irrespective of the rotation.
== Notes ==
* The 'Pivot When' setting has been integrated in the constraint, since this is something that will often be required for these setups. Having to set up additional drivers to drive the constraint to do this kindof beats the purpose of providing this.
* The 'Offset' functionality is probably not presented as clearly as it could be. We may need to go over this again.
* For foot-roll - if any scaling of the foot is required, simply set up a driver on the y-offset to make this dynamically respond to the "scale" RNA property of the bones (don't use the "Transform Channel" vartype since that won't work correct here). However, this shouldn't be common enough to warrant special treatment.
*The narrowui value was hard coded in all ui scripts, made an user preferences option. Basically this value determines on which area width, it should switch between dual/single column layout.
ToDo: The Changes only take effect when reloading scripts/restarting Blender (after saving as default). Will maybe add the "Reload Scripts" operator next to the button in the future.
* Small fix for Fluid Add Button, when in single column mode. Didn't expand like the other "Add" Buttons.
Made the 'Influence' slider work for Spline IK too, and made that setting visible now that it works.
Note that there is still some popping that can occur when going to/from influence = 0.0. I'm not sure exactly what's causing this yet, but hopefully it won't be too noticeable in practice.
Running scripts directly didnt call the register function, even though this is not essential its good to be able to run a script directly and see changes in the UI.
* option to roll the delta of the arm rig.
* fix to copy metarig type
* renamed EditBone.align() --> EditBone.align_roll()
* Added EditBone.align_orientation(other)
* Added bone.vector: same as (bone.tail - bone.head)
