clnor editing code was simply not checking at all whether it has
something to work on... Guess nobody had idea to edit custom normals on
a mesh that has no normals before! :P
This should probably be handled in a poll function too, to completely
disable those tools when there are no faces/loops, but let's keep it to
minimal changes at that point.
Merge code will generate temp normal editing data for affected loops,
but since it will later (by setting some edges/faces to smooth) alter
and extend affected clnor spaces, it will also need temp normal editing
data for some other loops around those vertices...
Using those clnor editing data in that code is a bit of an abuse, but on
the other hand that struct stores exactly what we need.
So simply added an option to generate that editing data for all clnors
of affected vertices.
See T64324 for discussion re improving normal editing ui.
As next step, remove the face_strength tool settings because
menu operator now includes that. Move face_strenth enum to
better place.
Remove normals toolbar panel because only thing left
(normal_vector) can stay hidden for copy/paste.
Remove add vector and multiply vector menu entries as
they are useless without ui method for specifying operand,
and they are very low utility operations anyway.
Existing code was not really handling well cases were only edges or
faces were selected (with match select modes).
In those cases, we can assume user want to only affect loop normals of
selected faces/edges, not all lnors of all (indirectly) selected verts.
Also refactored the code a bit to move whole 'loop to edit' selection
process into its own single function.
Broke uv-sphere creation, further it might be a problem
for script authors expecting matching edge order for duplicated content.
Now only apply this when duplicating via the operator.
Convention was not to but after discussion on 918941483f we agree its
best to change the convention.
Names now mostly follow RNA.
Some exceptions:
- Use 'nodetrees' instead of 'nodegroups'
since the struct is called NodeTree.
- Use 'gpencils' instead of 'grease_pencil'
since 'gpencil' is a common abbreviation in the C code.
Other exceptions:
- Leave 'wm' as it's a list of one.
- Leave 'ipo' as is for versioning.
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
BF-admins agree to remove header information that isn't useful,
to reduce noise.
- BEGIN/END license blocks
Developers should add non license comments as separate comment blocks.
No need for separator text.
- Contributors
This is often invalid, outdated or misleading
especially when splitting files.
It's more useful to git-blame to find out who has developed the code.
See P901 for script to perform these edits.
Will document the new options in release notes, then in manual.
Still a bit of work to do on the bulging shape that appears
on cube corners if using arc inner miters, but will do that later.
Also need to do something smarter in clamp overlap.
