Problem was that area calculation of polygons was done relative to the xy plane, and with a very obscure (to me at least) algorithm. That meant that vertical ngons would get 0 area.
Commented initial code in case this is a strange optimization case that someone wants to use and used a cleaner algorithm: first project vertices to the ngon plane, defined by the normal of the ngon and the center (mean) of the ngon vertices. This will only be exact for convex and mostly planar ngons, still it is much better than the previous code.
Also fixed memory leak when stretch display was on.
*operator now works with few limitations:
-still no preview(will be back soon)
-rotation will not work if only one uv is stitched between islands(will need method to calculate uv normal for manifold)
Also fixed island calculation for UvElements, fixes a crash when uv sculpting with "Sculpt all islands" turned off
`_set` suffix was used in two ways (confusing)
* to set a flag to be enabled.
* to set a value passed as an argument.
now use enable/disable rather then set/clear for functions which change flags.
also remove BME_weld.c, the file didnt contain much code and the current extrude works well
These changes are to make the bmesh api more consistent and easier to learn, grouping similar functions which is convenient for autocomplete.
This uses similar convention to RNA.
* use face/loop/edge/vert as a prefix for functions.
* use 'elem' as a prefix too for functions that can take any type with a BMHeader.
* changed from camel case to underscore separated (like RNA).
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Documentation: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Psy-Fi/UV_Tools
Major features include:
*16 bit image support in viewport
*Subsurf aware unwrapping
*Smart Stitch(snap/rotate islands, preview, middlepoint/endpoint stitching)
*Seams from islands tool (marks seams and sharp, depending on settings)
*Uv Sculpting(Grab/Pinch/Rotate)
All tools are complete apart from stitching that is considered stable but with an extra edge mode under development(will be in soc-2011-onion-uv-tools).
also minor functional changes
- OBJECT_OT_make_links_data() type property is now assigned to the operator property (so popup menu can find it)
- removing BG image now returns cancelled if no image is removed.
- made theme colors for mesh edge len & face angle/area display.
- use %g rather then %f for float display, trims unneeded zeros.
- store cached 2d and 3d text color as bytes rather then floats, compare when drawing to avoid setting the context.
- use unsigned char for more color functions, avoids casting to glColorubv().
- removed deprecated bitmap arg from IMB_allocImBuf (plugins will need updating).
- mostly tagged UNUSED() since some of these functions look like they may need to have the arguments used later.
