Some more Bmesh custom data functions and
structures. This still does not do anything
yet because the various conversion functions
don't bother making use of the new custom data
functions. Hooking them up should be fairly
simple though.
Also note that the custom data code is mostly
copy/pasted from the existing custom data
functions for editmode with a few modifications.
Duplicating code like this isn't nice, but I
felt it was better to keep things for Bmesh
'standalone' for the moment and take only what is
immediatly needed instead of creating
a tangle of interdependant code.
Added a new pooling allocator for Bmesh based upon
the pool allocator availible in the Boost C++ library
as described here:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_0/libs/pool/doc/concepts.html
Each pool allocates elements of a fixed size, so every
element type in a mesh gets its own pool. For instance
verts occupy a different pool than edges. Each pool
is comprised of multiple arrays of a fixed size and allocating
/freeing elements is simple as removing or adding a head
to a linked list. Since the list of free elements is interleaved
throughout the unused space in the arrays, the overhead
for storing the free list is only 1 pointer total per pool.
This makes building/destroying bmesh structures much faster
and saves quite a bit of memory as well.
Bevel modifier had several problems. These should be fixed now. The bevel
modifier in editmode cannot have 'apply to cage' checked as the modifier
cannot possibly support mapping. Further, custom data preservation has been
turned off temporarily, but will be added back in soon.
The following is a commit of Levi Schooley's bevel code and
the bmesh library it depends on. The current editmode bevel has
been replaced with a new per edge bevel function. Vertex beveling is
also availible.
To set weights for the modifier to use, use the ctrl-shift-e shortcut on either edges
or vertices.
Recursive beveling is turned of for the time being.