Only do special handling of ob->data pointer in case we are remapping to
a valid (non-NULL) other obdata. Otherwise, handle it as any other
'remapping to NULL' case.
Hopefully not breaking anything else...
Avoid creating new Python instances
every time a scene, object, mesh .. etc are accessed.
Also resolves crashes T28724, T53530
although it's only valid for ID types, not modifiers vertices etc.
Back-ported from blender2.8 branch.
Since we are ditching layers from Blender (2.8) we need a replacement to
control groups visibility. This commit introduces collections as the building
blocks for groups, allowing users to control visibility as well as overrides
for groups.
Features
========
* Groups now have collections
This way you can change the visibility of a collection inside a group, and add
overrides which are part of the group and are prioritized over other overrides.
* Outliner
Groups can inspect their collections, change visibility, and add/remove members.
To change an override of a group collection, you need to select an instance of
the group, and then you can choose "group" in the collection properties editor
to edit this group active collection instead of the view layer one.
* Dupli groups overrides
We can now have multiple instances of the same group with an original "override"
and different overrides depending on the collection the instanced object is part
of.
Technical
=========
* Layers
We use the same api for groups and scene as much as possible.
Reviewers: sergey (depsgraph), mont29 (read/write and user count)
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2892
See https://developer.blender.org/D2417 for details.
Note that since static overrides rely heavily on RNA, this commit is
essentially invisible from user PoV, more in next commits.
While getting rid of Scene->base we got the following fixes:
* Fix "Convert To" operator
* Fix "NLA allowing to selected objects that are not selectable
* Fix scene.objects (readonly, no option to link/unlink)
Note: Collada needs to use the context SceneLayer for adding objects
however I added a placeholder, so Collada maintainers can fix this
properly.
This makes code closer to id_override/assent-engine ones, which
introduce a new type of linked data, and hence reserve
ID_IS_LINKED_DATABLOCK to real linked datablocks.
Issue was nasty hidden one, the dual status (mix of local and linked)
of proxies striking again.
Here, remapping process was considering obdata pointer of proxies as
indirect usage, hence clearing the 'LIB_TAG_EXTERN' of obdata pointer.
That would make savetoblend code not store any 'lib placeholder' for
obdata data-block, which was hence lost on next file read.
Another (probably better) solution here would be to actually consider
obdata of proxies are fully indirect usage, and simply reassign proxies
from their linked object's obdata on file read...
However, that change shall be safer for now, probably good for 2.79 too.
This will allow much finer controll over how we copy data-blocks, from
full copy in Main database, to "lighter" ones (out of Main, inside an
already allocated datablock, etc.).
This commit also transfers a llot of what was previously handled by
per-ID-type custom code to generic ID handling code in BKE_library.
Hopefully will avoid in future inconsistencies and missing bits we had
all over the codebase in the past.
It also adds missing copying handling for a few types, most notably
Scene (which where using a fully customized handling previously).
Note that the type of allocation used during copying (regular in Main,
allocated but outside of Main, or not allocated by ID handling code at
all) is stored in ID's, which allows to handle them correctly when
freeing. This needs to be taken care of with caution when doing 'weird'
unusual things with ID copying and/or allocation!
As a final note, while rather noisy, this commit will hopefully not
break too much existing branches, old 'API' has been kept for the main
part, as a wrapper around new code. Cleaning it up will happen later.
Design task : T51804
Phab Diff: D2714
This will allow much finer controll over how we copy data-blocks, from
full copy in Main database, to "lighter" ones (out of Main, inside an
already allocated datablock, etc.).
This commit also transfers a llot of what was previously handled by
per-ID-type custom code to generic ID handling code in BKE_library.
Hopefully will avoid in future inconsistencies and missing bits we had
all over the codebase in the past.
It also adds missing copying handling for a few types, most notably
Scene (which where using a fully customized handling previously).
Note that the type of allocation used during copying (regular in Main,
allocated but outside of Main, or not allocated by ID handling code at
all) is stored in ID's, which allows to handle them correctly when
freeing. This needs to be taken care of with caution when doing 'weird'
unusual things with ID copying and/or allocation!
As a final note, while rather noisy, this commit will hopefully not
break too much existing branches, old 'API' has been kept for the main
part, as a wrapper around new code. Cleaning it up will happen later.
Design task : T51804
Phab Diff: D2714
Fix is a bit ugly, but cannot think of another solution for now, at
least this **should** not break anything else.
And now I go find myself a very remote, high and lonely mountain, climb
to its top, roar "I hate proxies!" a few times, and relax hearing the echos...
There is no reason to be special for workspace and go against other design
decision in Blender. If something like this is going to become a common
practice in Blender it should be well thought and well tested, including
tests of all supported compilers and configurations.
This feature was relying on type re-definition, which is not only confusing
but also available in C11 only.
This commit does the main integration of workspaces, which is a design we agreed on during the 2.8 UI workshop (see https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.8/UI/Workshop_Writeup)
Workspaces should generally be stable, I'm not aware of any remaining bugs (or I've forgotten them :) ). If you find any, let me know!
(Exception: mode switching button might get out of sync with actual mode in some cases, would consider that a limitation/ToDo. Needs to be resolved at some point.)
== Main Changes/Features
* Introduces the new Workspaces as data-blocks.
* Allow storing a number of custom workspaces as part of the user configuration. Needs further work to allow adding and deleting individual workspaces.
* Bundle a default workspace configuration with Blender (current screen-layouts converted to workspaces).
* Pressing button to add a workspace spawns a menu to select between "Duplicate Current" and the workspaces from the user configuration. If no workspaces are stored in the user configuration, the default workspaces are listed instead.
* Store screen-layouts (`bScreen`) per workspace.
* Store an active screen-layout per workspace. Changing the workspace will enable this layout.
* Store active mode in workspace. Changing the workspace will also enter the mode of the new workspace. (Note that we still store the active mode in the object, moving this completely to workspaces is a separate project.)
* Store an active render layer per workspace.
* Moved mode switch from 3D View header to Info Editor header.
* Store active scene in window (not directly workspace related, but overlaps quite a bit).
* Removed 'Use Global Scene' User Preference option.
* Compatibility with old files - a new workspace is created for every screen-layout of old files. Old Blender versions should be able to read files saved with workspace support as well.
* Default .blend only contains one workspace ("General").
* Support appending workspaces.
Opening files without UI and commandline rendering should work fine.
Note that the UI is temporary! We plan to introduce a new global topbar
that contains the workspace options and tabs for switching workspaces.
== Technical Notes
* Workspaces are data-blocks.
* Adding and removing `bScreen`s should be done through `ED_workspace_layout` API now.
* A workspace can be active in multiple windows at the same time.
* The mode menu (which is now in the Info Editor header) doesn't display "Grease Pencil Edit" mode anymore since its availability depends on the active editor. Will be fixed by making Grease Pencil an own object type (as planned).
* The button to change the active workspace object mode may get out of sync with the mode of the active object. Will either be resolved by moving mode out of object data, or we'll disable workspace modes again (there's a `#define USE_WORKSPACE_MODE` for that).
* Screen-layouts (`bScreen`) are IDs and thus stored in a main list-base. Had to add a wrapper `WorkSpaceLayout` so we can store them in a list-base within workspaces, too. On the long run we could completely replace `bScreen` by workspace structs.
* `WorkSpace` types use some special compiler trickery to allow marking structs and struct members as private. BKE_workspace API should be used for accessing those.
* Added scene operators `SCENE_OT_`. Was previously done through screen operators.
== BPY API Changes
* Removed `Screen.scene`, added `Window.scene`
* Removed `UserPreferencesView.use_global_scene`
* Added `Context.workspace`, `Window.workspace` and `BlendData.workspaces`
* Added `bpy.types.WorkSpace` containing `screens`, `object_mode` and `render_layer`
* Added Screen.layout_name for the layout name that'll be displayed in the UI (may differ from internal name)
== What's left?
* There are a few open design questions (T50521). We should find the needed answers and implement them.
* Allow adding and removing individual workspaces from workspace configuration (needs UI design).
* Get the override system ready and support overrides per workspace.
* Support custom UI setups as part of workspaces (hidden panels, hidden buttons, customizable toolbars, etc).
* Allow enabling add-ons per workspace.
* Support custom workspace keymaps.
* Remove special exception for workspaces in linking code (so they're always appended, never linked). Depends on a few things, so best to solve later.
* Get the topbar done.
* Workspaces need a proper icon, current one is just a placeholder :)
Reviewed By: campbellbarton, mont29
Tags: #user_interface, #bf_blender_2.8
Maniphest Tasks: T50521
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2451
The absence of datablock properties "will certainly be resolved soon as the need for them is becoming obvious" said the [[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.67/Python_Nodes|Python Nodes release notes]]. So this patch allows Python scripts to create ID Properties which reference datablocks.
This functionality is implemented for `PointerProperty` and now such properties can be created with Python.
In addition to the standard update callback, `PointerProperty` can have a `poll` callback (standard RNA) which is useful for search menus. For details see the test included in this patch.
Original author: @artfunkel
Alexander (Blend4Web Team)
Reviewers: brecht, artfunkel, mont29, campbellbarton
Reviewed By: mont29, campbellbarton
Subscribers: jta, sergey, campbellbarton, wisaac, poseidon4o, mont29, homyachetser, Evgeny_Rodygin, AlexKowel, yurikovelenov, fjuhec, sharlybg, cardboard, duarteframos, blueprintrandom, a.romanov, BYOB, disnel, aditiapratama, bliblubli, dfelinto, lukastoenne
Maniphest Tasks: T37754
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D113
Can't say enough how much I hate those proxies... their duality (sharing
some aspects of both direct *and* indirect users) is a nightmare to handle. :(
Design Documents
----------------
* https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.8/Source/Layers
* https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.8/Source/DataDesignRevised
User Commit Log
---------------
* New Layer and Collection system to replace render layers and viewport layers.
* A layer is a set of collections of objects (and their drawing options) required for specific tasks.
* A collection is a set of objects, equivalent of the old layers in Blender. A collection can be shared across multiple layers.
* All Scenes have a master collection that all other collections are children of.
* New collection "context" tab (in Properties Editor)
* New temporary viewport "collections" panel to control per-collection
visibility
Missing User Features
---------------------
* Collection "Filter"
Option to add objects based on their names
* Collection Manager operators
The existing buttons are placeholders
* Collection Manager drawing
The editor main region is empty
* Collection Override
* Per-Collection engine settings
This will come as a separate commit, as part of the clay-engine branch
Dev Commit Log
--------------
* New DNA file (DNA_layer_types.h) with the new structs
We are replacing Base by a new extended Base while keeping it backward
compatible with some legacy settings (i.e., lay, flag_legacy).
Renamed all Base to BaseLegacy to make it clear the areas of code that
still need to be converted
Note: manual changes were required on - deg_builder_nodes.h, rna_object.c, KX_Light.cpp
* Unittesting for main syncronization requirements
- read, write, add/copy/remove objects, copy scene, collection
link/unlinking, context)
* New Editor: Collection Manager
Based on patch by Julian Eisel
This is extracted from the layer-manager branch. With the following changes:
- Renamed references of layer manager to collections manager
- I doesn't include the editors/space_collections/ draw and util files
- The drawing code itself will be implemented separately by Julian
* Base / Object:
A little note about them. Original Blender code would try to keep them
in sync through the code, juggling flags back and forth. This will now
be handled by Depsgraph, keeping Object and Bases more separated
throughout the non-rendering code.
Scene.base is being cleared in doversion, and the old viewport drawing
code was poorly converted to use the new bases while the new viewport
code doesn't get merged and replace the old one.
Python API Changes
------------------
```
- scene.layers
+ # no longer exists
- scene.objects
+ scene.scene_layers.active.objects
- scene.objects.active
+ scene.render_layers.active.objects.active
- bpy.context.scene.objects.link()
+ bpy.context.scene_collection.objects.link()
- bpy_extras.object_utils.object_data_add(context, obdata, operator=None, use_active_layer=True, name=None)
+ bpy_extras.object_utils.object_data_add(context, obdata, operator=None, name=None)
- bpy.context.object.select
+ bpy.context.object.select = True
+ bpy.context.object.select = False
+ bpy.context.object.select_get()
+ bpy.context.object.select_set(action='SELECT')
+ bpy.context.object.select_set(action='DESELECT')
-AddObjectHelper.layers
+ # no longer exists
```
Better to have clear way to tell whether flag is parameter for
BKE_library_foreach_ID_link(), parameter for its callback function, or
return value from this callback function.
Use Main->relations in BKE_library_foreach_ID_link(), when possible
(i.e. IDWALK_READONLY is set), and if the data is available of course.
This is quite minor optimization, no sensible improvements are expected,
but does not hurt either to avoid potentially tens of looping over e.g.
objects constraints and modifiers, or heap of drivers...
Am pretty sure node update should not touch to Main database like that,
but for now let's allow it, I guess the hack is needed for things like
Sverchok. ;)
Reported on IRC by dfelinto, thanks.
Root of the issue was that opening a new text file would create
datablock with one user, when Text editor is actually a 'user one' user.
This was leaving Text datablocks in inconsitent user count, and
generating asserts in BKE_library area.
Also changed a weird piece of code related to that extra user thing in
main remapping func.
Main issue here was that in old usercount system 'user_real' did simply
not allow that kind of thing to work. With new pait of 'USER_EXTRA'
tags, it becomes possible to handle the case correctly, by merely refining
checks about indirectly use objects whene removing them from a scene.
Incidently, found another related bug, 'link group objects to scene' was not
incrementing objects' usercount - bad, very very bad!
Was a waaaaayyyyy to much generic name for such a specific func, renamed
to much more descriptive BKE_libblock_relink_to_newid().
In near future (few weeks, to limit as much as possible silent mismatch
in branches), will rename BKE_libblock_relink_ex to BKE_libblock_relink,
this is the real generic data-block relinking func!
We need to check node tree links are still valid, after we remapped
some NodeGroup.
Note: In fact, we have to run that for *all* ID types, since nodes may
use any kind of data-block (in theory)... :/
This has nothing to do here (freeing is not unlinking/remapping!), and
was actually redoing something already taken care of by
`BKE_libblock_relink_ex()` call in `BKE_libblock_free_ex()`.
Also, gives some noticeable speedup when removing datablocks with
do_unlink=True, about 5 to 10% quicker e.g. when deleting all objects
from a py console, in a big production file...
Added BKE_libblock_free_data_ex() which takes special do_id_user
argument which basically indicates whether main database was already
taken care about not having "dead" pointers.
Gives about 40% speedup of main database free with quadbot scene
(3.4sec vs. 5.4 sec on quite powerful desktop).
