- Added subdivide sck upport for vertex groups
- Brought back subdivide-smooth, but it doesn't work as good as before yet,
it used to catch an exception for subdividing the middle vertex of a quad,
with edge-based subdivide it's not that simple. Will check later.
- made "number of cuts" a static variable, so it doesn't jump back to 2
all the time
Coder level notes:
- removed the old subdivide code (yay, over 30k code less!)
- did some minor layout cleanups in the new code (just consistant syntax)
- removed redundant code parts, to enable smooth & vgroup subdiv
- subdivide smooth can do multiple cuts too, but i like to see that only
as option when our smooth formula is good!
Compliment:
I think Johnny really made comprehensible design and nice code here. Was a
joy to work with. :)
- CTRL+click in EditMesh now extrudes selection. If no selection, it adds
a new vertex. Try it on a full selected monkey. Fun! :)
- CTRL+click now also adds the new stuff aligned with the view, as if you
had translated it to the mouse cursor. Only new vertices are added with
respect to 3D cursor location.
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mesh_Ripping.712.0.html
This tool allows to insert gaps/seams in a Mesh, based on the selection
(1 vertex or a row of edges) and the position of the mouse (to indicate
the part that gets grabbed). Shortcut: Vkey.
Special Orange request!
mapping (instead of Edit{Vert,Edge,Face} pointers)
- dropped convertToDispListMeshMapped (whew, glad of it too)
- added DerivedMesh drawMappedFaces function
- dropped EM suffix for DerivedMesh functions, it was neither
particularly correct nor descriptive
- converted test_index_mface to test_index_face that also corrects
MCol and TFace. Good thing we had three versions of this routine,
you never know when one might burn down.
- removed flipnorm_mesh, not used anymore (and was incorrect to
boot)
- Getting face select to work with modifiers turned out to be much
more complicated than expected. Reworked mapping architecture for
modifiers - basically elements in a DispListMesh are now required
to be stored in an order that corresponds exactly to original
ordering. MVert/MEdge/MFace all have a new flag ME_XXX_STEPINDEX
that is set on each element that is set on the first derived element
of each original element. I can't say the code to follow these
requirements for subsurf is particularly transparent, but on the
upside it is a reasonably consistent and simple system that is memory
efficient and allows keeping the DispListMesh structure.
- rewrote mirror modifier to be simpler/conform to new requirements
for mapped DispListMesh structure. This also means that mirror interacts
much better with incremental subsurf calculation (it used to recalc
one entire side on any topology change, now it generally avoids that).
- added EM_{init,free}_index_arrays and EM_get_{vert,edge,face}_for_index
functions to handle mapping indices back into appropriate EditMesh
structures.
- bug fix, make edges didn't recalc object data
- bug fix, initial image assignment to TFace's didn't recalc object data
- new feature, added circle select support for FACESELECT
- bug fix, creating new faces in editmode duplicated the TFACE active
flag - but there should only be one active tface
- bug fix, possible crash when deleting all faces in faceselect mode
on mesh with tfaces...
Still todo: TFace edge drawing is still not always correct in face
mode, in particular with a mirror modifier when mesh has edges (and
no preceeding subsurf). Have not yet decided how to deal with this.
Best solution is probably to do switch to meshes all having MEdge's,
in which case I can get rid of TFace edge flags (and need to recalc
modifiers on tface selection change).
way. Requested for low-poly modeling.
- fix: on exit editmode, the code always created a mesh->dvert block...
silly, this made other code confused which decided whether to use
dverts (vertex groups) or not.
- removed obsolete call from armature.c. Also fixed name of function there,
preparation work for nicer support in Blender for "deform envelopes"
In face select mode, select faces by triangle/quad/other.
Available through header menu, toolbox, or hot keys.
Hot keys are:
ctrl-shift-alt-3: Select all triangles
ctrl-shift-alt-4: Select all quads
ctrl-shift-alt-5: Select all non-triangles/quads
(maybe a bit sore for the wrist)
And also available through the menu/toolbox.
I've never used f-gons so I don't know if the 'select other'
function works there (or works at all, for that matter).
- added several useful utility functions to editmesh,
these can simplify/clarify a lot of mesh code, check them
out
- cleaned up EdgeSlide a bit to be clearer/shorter
o bug fix, EdgeSlide did not always cancel correctly
o bug fix, EdgeSlide did not choose initial "control" edge
correctly after calc_meshverts_ext change
worked properly with modifiers. Needs more testing I am sure.
No, honestly, I wasn't just cleaning for the hell of it, it
was *necessary* (I would never do such a thing). Selection should
work completely with cage options of modifiers now.
- added DerivedMesh foreach functions to iterate over mapped
verts/edges/face centers. These replaced some of the drawing
functions and are more general anyway. Special edge drawing
functions remain for performance reasons.
- removed EditFace xs, ys fields
- added general functions to iterate over screen coordinates of
mesh/curve/lattice objects
- removed all calc_*verts* functions that were used for storing
screen coordinates in objects. they were recalc'd on the fly
for most situations anyway, so now we just always do that.
calc_*verts_ext was one of those calls that did dirty things
deep down in the callstack (changing curarea and poking at
matrices)
- rewrote all vertex level selection routines (circle, lasso, bbox)
and closest vertex routines (rightmouse select) to use the new
system. This cleaned up the selection code a lot and the structure
of selection is much easier to see now. This is good for future
work on allowing modifiers to completely override the selection
system. It also points out some discrepancies in the way selection
is handled that might be nice to resolve (mesh vertex selection has
fancy stuff to try to help with selecting overlapping, but it only
works w/o bbuf select, and curves/lattices don't have at all).
- had to remove ton's code to move Manipulator to cage location, this
is not reliable (can come up with a different method if requested)
- as it happens BezTriple.s and BPoint.s are basically available to
be removed, just need to rewrite editipo code that still does
background calc of screen coordinates
- MVert.{xs,ys} are still around because they are abused in some places
for other info (not sure if this is safe actually, since they are
short's and the mvert limit went up).
And did I mention this commit is comes out to -305 lines? Well it does.
SUBDIV_SELECT_ORIG - Retain selection to look like original selection
SUBDIV_SELECT_INNER - New selection is all the new inner edges
SUBDIV_SELECT_INNER_SEL - New selection is all the new inner edges except where only 1 edges was selected on a face
Loopcut now uses SUBDIV_SELECT_INNER_SEL for better interaction with edgeslide
to normalised coordinate (convention in blender, helps with
halo)
- removed vertexnormals(), vertexnormals_mesh()
- removed CTX_NO_NOR_RECALC (always assume already calculated)
- change NMesh.c to call mesh_calc_normals
- chance load_editMesh to call mesh_calc_normals after done
converting instead of using editmesh normals
- update recalc_editnormals to also calc vertex normals (whats
4 more adds and a sqrt among friends)
Its hard to believe, but it just might be the case that there
are only two places mesh normals are calculated now (renderer
and kernel)
- some other twiddles to fix mixed signedness compiler warnings
And from the "Dear lazy programmers" file: After you have extern declared
a variable 5 or more times at the top a function, you would have actually
saved a lot of effort by just putting it in the header where it belonged.
Or perhaps you thought by hiding it no one else would notice you were
using global variables to pass information around. Tsk tsk.
Ton has been pushing me to get this in and finish it up with help, so here is a run down of the commit
Revised Features
Subdivide now is Edge based, allows for multicut
Loopcut was recoded, now has multi option
Knife tool now has multi option
New Features
Edgeslide
Edgering select
Removed Features
Alt-B Edgeloop selection (use alt-RMB in edgemode)
Shift-R Faceloop selection (use alt-RMB in facemode)
Old Subdivide (Except for smooth which is left in until new one works)
Todo
Subdivide Smooth Math is broken - could use some help here (look for alter_co in editmesh_tools.c)
Tweak mouse control of Edgeslide is hackish ATM
Add Non-proportional movement to edgeslide
Add smooth option to new loopcut
I probably left something out.
See here for more info
http://wiki.blender.org/bin/view.pl/Blenderdev/EdgeSubdivision
Meaning menus come back to previous selection almost always. Also fixed
annoying bug that caused Mirror menu (M in editmode) to start at 2nd item
- New hotkey (test :) CTRL+TAB in editmode gives (and shows!) current
selectmode. I prefer this over cycling, since the menu is informing you
what happens.
- To enforce pupmenus to start at specific item, use pupmenu_set_active()
- pupmenu_col() to be done
Is committed now for further test;
What works:
- Hold CTRL while leftmouse-draw (gesture) for lasso-select
- Hold also SHIFT for lasso-deselect
- In Object mode it only selects on object centers now
- In Mesh edit mode it works on same level as borderselect
Not:
- other editmodes or objects in general
Also fixed crash with circle-selecting outside of window edge.
Also put back wire-extra draw for curves (previous trial broke mball wire)
Turned borderselect, circle, lasso into dashed lines for visual language.
- Zbuffer clipped selection
Based on same algos as for drawing (blender polygon offset) vertices, edges
and faces now are clipped for draw and selection when Zbuffer is used.
Note that it works for endpoint vertices of edges, and for facecenters.
Also works for border and circle-select
- Optimal draw subsurfs
This now draws optimal with faces and edges selected/unselected, hiding the
original 'cage' (mesh) completely.
TODO: edge select, which still uses original (invisible) edge.
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mesh_editing_rewrite.425.0.html
- circle-select now works
- delete options for edge/face select work as to be expected.
should check on a better set of choices in menu though
- assign material / select material options work for new modes
- shift+f fill didnt leave proper select flags...
- border select on face-gones (fgons) works
- 'draw normals' and fgons works now
- hide flags now save correctly in mesh, to restore after going in/out
editmode
- after an extrude, faces/edges could have wrong select flags
(only in vertex select mode)
- new rule for addfacelist(); this now copies edges too, if an example
is provided. That prevents a lot of awkward code, still testing if it
goes as desired though...
The changelog is very long... it's on the web too:
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mesh_editing_rewrite.425.0.html
EditMesh refactor notes (user)
**** New selection modes
When entering Edit Mode for a Mesh, you now have the choice for three selection modes. These are shown as icons in the 3D header (hotkey is being searched for!).
- Vertex Select
Select vertices as usual, fully compatible with how previous version work
- Edge Select
Vertices are not drawn anymore, and selections happen by default on the edges. It is a true edge select, meaning that you can select three out of four edges in a face, without automatic having the 4th edge selected.
- Face Select
Instead of vertices, now selection 'points' are drawn in the face centers. Selected faces also get a colored outline, like for edges. This also is true face select, for each face individual regardless selection status of its vertices or edges.
While holding SHIFT, and press a selection mode, you can also combine the above choices. Now selection becomes mixed, and will behave as expected.
For example; in Edge+Face select mode, selecting the 4 edges of a face will select the face too.
The selection modes and optional drawing modes (like transparant faces, normals, or solid drawing) all work together. All of Blender's mesh editing tools now react to the correct selection mode as well.
Most noticeable it's in:
**** Extrude
Extruding in Edge or Face Select mode allows much more precise control over what's extruded and what should be excluded. Try for example a checker pattern selection, and extrude it.
New is the fixed translation when faces are extruded. This always follows the (averaged) face normal(s) of the old face(s), enabling much easier working in 3D views . A single 'G' (Grab) or 'R' (Rotate) or 'S' (Scale) will change transform modus as usual.
**** Other things to note
- Hiding edges/faces will also behave different based on Select Mode.
- while editing, normals of faces are updated always now
- Border select (BKEY) has 2 different rules for edges; when one edge is fully inside of the border, it will only select edges that are fully inside. Otherwise it selects each edge intersecting with the border.
- in face mode, adding vertices, edges or a circle is invisible...
- "Add monkey" now works as a normal primitive (rotated and on 3d cursor)
- Mesh undo was fully recoded, hopefully solving issues now with Vertex Keys and Groups
- Going in and out of editmode was fully recoded. Especially on larger models you'll notice substantial speed gain.
**** Todo
Add 'FaceSelect mode' functionality in EditMode, including zbuffered selection, display and editing of UV texture.
EditMesh refactor notes (coder)
**** Usage of flags in general
The "->f" flags are reserved for the editmesh.c and editmesh_lib.c core functions. Actually only selection status is there now.
The "->f1" and "->f2" flags are free to use. They're available in vertex/edge/face structs. Since they're free, check carefully when calling other functions that use these flags... for example extrude() or subdivide() use them.
**** Selection flags
EditVert: eve->f & SELECT
EditEdge: eed->f & SELECT
EditFace: efa->f & SELECT
- Selection is only possible when not-hidden!
- Selection flags are always up-to-date, BUT:
if selection mode >= SELECT_EDGE vertex selection flags can be incorrect
if selection mode == SELECT_FACE vertex/edge selection flags can be incorrect
This because of shared vertices or edges.
- use for selecting vertices:
eve->f &= SELECT
- use for selecting edges always:
void EM_select_edge(eed, 1) // 1 = select, 0 = deselect
- use for selecting faces always:
void EM_select_face(efa, 1) // 1 = select, 0 = deselect
- To set the 'f' flags in all of the data:
void EM_set_flag_all(int flag);
void EM_clear_flag_all(int flag);
- the old faceselectedOR() and faceselectedAND() are still there, but only
to be used for evaluating its vertices
**** Code hints for handling selection
If the selectmode is 'face'; vertex or edge selections need to be flushed upward. Same is true for 'edge' selection mode. This means that you'll have to keep track of all selections while coding... selecting the four vertices in a face doesn't automatically select the face anymore.
However, by using the above calls, at least selections flush downward (to vertex level). You then can call:
void EM_selectmode_flush(void);
Which flushes selections back upward, based on the selectmode setting. This function does the following:
- if selectmode 'vertex': select edges/faces based on its selected vertices
- if selectmode 'edge': select faces based its selected edges
This works fine in nice controlled situations.
However, only changing the vertex selections then still doesn't select a face in face mode! If you really can't avoid only working with vertex selections, you can use this call:
void EM_select_flush(void);
Now selection is flushed upward regardless current selectmode. That can be destructive for special cases however, like checkerboard selected faces. So use this only when you know everything else was deselected (or deselect it). Example: adding primitives.
**** Hide flags
EditVert: eve->h
EditEdge: eed->h
EditFace: efa->h
- all hide flags are always up-to-date
- hidden vertices/edges/faces are always deselected. so when you operate on selection only, there's no need to check for hide flag.
**** Unified undo for editmode
New file: editmode_undo.h
A pretty nice function pointer handler style undo. Just code three functions, and your undo will fly! The c file has a good reference.
Also note that the old undo system has been replaced. It currently uses minimal dependencies on Meshes themselves (no abuse of going in/out editmode), and is restricted nicely to editmode functions.
**** Going in/out editmode
As speedup now all vertices/faces/edges are allocated in three big chunks. In vertices/faces/edges now tags are set to denote such data cannot be freed.
ALso the hashtable (lookup) for edges uses no mallocs at all anymore, but is part of the EditEdge itself.
logical parts, and include files altered to denote internal and external
functions.
include/editmesh.h: internal calls for editmesh_xxx.c files
include/BIF_editmesh.h: external calls for these files
src/editmesh.c: basic alloc/lists and in/out editmode, undo, separate
src/editmesh_lib.c: basic utility calls for all editmesh_xxx.c (no UI)
src/editmesh_add.c: add prim, add duplicate, add vertex/edge/face (UI)
src/editmesh_mods.c: selecting, transforming (UI)
src/editmesh_loop.c: loop tools like knife, loop select, loop subdiv (UI)
src/editmesh_tools.c: other tools (extrude, spin, etc) (UI)
And a new file:
src/meshtools.c: tools for Mesh outside of editmode (normals, draw flags)
- EditVlak -> EditFace
- variables called 'evl' -> 'efa'
- functions with 'vlak' in it now have 'face'
Just thought was nice starter for editmesh recode...
- Made unified API for undo calls, to be found in space.c
BIF_undo_push(char *str)
BIF_undo(void)
BIF_redo(void)
These calls will do all undo levels, including editmode and vpaint.
The transition is work in progress, because mesh undo needs recode.
- New global hotkey CTR+Z for undo
Note: 'shaded draw mode' still is SHIFT+Z, the old CTRL+Z was to recalc
the lighting in shaded mode, which already became much more interactive,
like during/after any transform().
Recalc hotkey now is SHIFT+ALT+Z
CTRL+<any modifier>+Z is redo.
- For OSX users; the Apple-key ("Command") now maps to CTRL as well. This
disables the one-mouse-button hack for rightmouse btw, will be fixed in
next commit. At least we can use Apple-Z :)
- Old Ukey for undo is still there, as a training period... my preference is
to restore Ukey to "reload original data" as in past, and only use new
CTRL+Z for undo.
- Added undo_push() for all of editobject.c and editview.c. Meaning we can
start using/testing global undo in the 3d window. Please dont comment on
missing parts for now, first I want someone to volunteer to tackle all of
that.
- Since the global undo has a full 'file' in memory, it can save extremely
fast on exit to <temp dir>/quit.blend. That's default now when global undo
is enabled. It prints "Saved session recovery to ..." in console then.
- In file menu, a new option is added "Recover Last Session". Note that this
reads the undo-save, which is without UI.
- With such nice new features we then can also kill the disputed
Cancel/Confirm menu on Q-KEY.
- Added fix which initializes seam/normal theme color on saved themes.
They showed black now.... (Note: that's in usiblender.c!)
http://www.loria.fr/~levy/Galleries/LSCM/index.htmlhttp://www.loria.fr/~levy/Papers/2002/s2002_lscm.pdf
Implementation Least Squares Conformal Maps parameterization, based on
chapter 2 of:
Bruno Levy, Sylvain Petitjean, Nicolas Ray, Jerome Maillot. Least Squares
Conformal Maps for Automatic Texture Atlas Generation. In Siggraph 2002,
July 2002.
Seams: Stored as a flag (ME_SEAM) in the new MEdge struct, these seams define
where a mesh will be cut when executing LSCM unwrapping. Seams can be marked
and cleared in Edit Mode. Ctrl+EKEY will pop up a menu allowing to Clear or Mark
the selected edges as seams.
Select Linked in Face Select Mode now only selects linked faces if no seams
separate them. So if seams are defined, this will now select the 'face group'
defined by the seams. Hotkey is still LKEY.
LSCM Unwrap: unwrap UV's by calculating a conformal mapping (preserving local
angles). Based on seams, the selected faces will be 'cut'. If multiple
'face groups' are selected, they will be unwrapped separately and packed in
the image rectangle in the UV Editor. Packing uses a simple and fast
algorithm, only designed to avoid having overlapping faces.
LSCM can be found in the Unwrap menu (UKEY), and the UV Calculation panel.
Pinning: UV's can be pinned in the UV Editor. When LSCM Unwrap is then
executed, these UV's will stay in place, allowing to tweak the solution.
PKEY and ALT+PKEY will respectively pin and unpin selected UV's.
Face Select Mode Drawing Changes:
- Draw Seams option to enable disable drawing of seams
- Draw Faces option to enable drawing of selected faces in transparent purple
- Draw Hidden Edges option to enable drawing of edges of hidden faces
- Draw Edges option to enable drawing of edges of visible faces
The colors for these seams, faces and edges are themeable.
Edges in Mesh
- adds automatic when you use creases. For other situations; call the
void make_edges(Mesh *me) in mesh.c. Of course, once in editmode the
edges are automatically recreated.
- in F9 buttons you can add/remove edges too
- both for Mesh and DisplistMesh, so it speeds up drawing quite some in
wireframe
- render for edges can't work... edges have no material nor tface nor col..
so here still the faces are rendered in wire
Creases in Subsurf
- based on the code by Chris McFarlen
- main changes is that now edges are used, saving quite some data in file
- use SHIFT+E in editmode to set edges-sharpness. values go from 0-1
- in F9 buttons you can set draw-crease mode. It draws now blended from
wire color to edge-select color (as provided in Theme)
Known issue: setting sharpness on 1 cube (subdiv 2) gives weird results
with some values... Chris, can you check?
Further; code cleanups, changing 0 in NULL when needed, no warnings, etc etc
- Added vertex_loop_select to bif_editmesh.h (gave a warning)
- Re-added "Get Same Uv" feature. this selects all faces that have the same uv-texture as the active face. it's placed in the Select headermenu while in faceselect mode.
- added mesh_set_smooth_flag, mesh_delete_material_index function
- isolated some globals
- got rid of reliance on meshdata in buttons_editing.c and material.c
new features:
- after choosing a loop to cut you go into a second mode that lets you choose where exactly on the edge you want to cut.
the placement is in percentages, so 0% is one side of the edge, and 100% is the other side.
- holding CTRL snaps the placement to whole percentages. 1.00 instead of the standard 0.01 of a percentage.
- Pressing S while you place the cut turns on Smooth-subdivide for the cut (or as I like to call it: Loopcutsubdividesmooth :)
- the percentages and the ON/OFF for smooth cut can be seen in the view3D header.
fixes:
- loop takes into account hidden vertices, this solves bug #895.
- Cutpreviews are drawn correctly for triangular faces.
- renamed the function from loop -> loopoperations. I'm sure someone has a problem with the new name too, but BLAH! :D
- the parameters for the function are defines. loopoperations(LOOP_CUT) cuts, and loopoperation(LOOP_SELECT) selects (duh). this is changes in all the places the function gets called.
if people find new bugs, feel free to yell! :)
Roel
Description:
Mesh editmode header/toolbox: Select -> Random...
Randomly selects a user-set percentage of vertices, adding to the current selection.
* Modified some menu entries to be consistent with the guidelines doc.
* Added 'Align Active Camera to View' in 3D View menu
controversial:
* "Select non-manifold geometry" via ctrl-alt-shift-M, or through
the menu or toolbox. Great for troubleshooting weirdness on a
subsurf, or for preparing a mesh for decimation or for rapid
prototyping.
* "Select more" via ctrl-PADPLUS, or through the menu or toolbox.
If a selected vert shares an edge with an unselected vert, the
unselected one gets selected too. Similar to PADPLUS in wings3d.
This is controversial because maybe it would be more useful to
select all of the verts that share a face (instead of just an
edge) with a selected vert -- what do *you* think?
* "Select less" via ctrl-PADMINUS, or through the menu or toolbox.
If a selected vert shares an edge with an unselected vert, the
selected one gets unselected too. Similar to PADMINUS in wings3d.
Also, selected non-manifold geometry becomes unselected. This is
controversial because of the non-manifold stuff ... is it needed?
What do *you* think?
The interesting part:
Bevelling functions for meshes.
Accessible through the Wkey menu.
You then have to enter the recursivity level (Warning, don't use 3 on a big mesh) and interactivly set the bevel width by moving the mouse. It draws the new faces in yellow. Ctrl constraint to 0.1 multiples, Shift switches to low gear, Space to type a value directly.
Support for selective bevelling isn't really working yet, so be sure to select all the vertices beforehand.
The less interesting part:
Code done by intrr (logical stuff, how the algorithm works) and me (math stuff and the interactive bevel width code).
The splitting and bevelling algorithm is not yet fully optimized, and the face shrinking math still doesn't like too big bevel width values. So this will have to be cleaned too.
Selective bevel is on the list next.
If you have any questions about how the code works, send the questions regarding the logic of the method to intrr and math questions to me.
This is very much testing code (or should I say teasing code), so please don't flood me with bug reports. (This excludes OFFICIAL Blender developpers who were there at the meeting and pretty much know what the limitations of the code is and what it should do.)
ENORMOUS job Matt has done with the menus! :)
- followed as much as possible order and options in pulldowns, but since
toolbox has more categories, it is split up sometimes.
- did some minor changes in pulldowns to make it more consistant
- not yet: armature & text options...
- not yet: toolbox in other window types
(warning; shift+a now is new... eek!)
User Info:
Pressing UKey in mesh edit mode now undoes only last step. Undo can save
upto 64 steps of undo info. This is configurable under User Prefs->
Edit Methods. The default is 32. High numbers of undo steps use a
lot of memory, since each step stores a copy of the mesh.
Shift-U redoes the last undone step (Undoes the undo.)
Alt-U brings up a menu of possible steps that can be undone. Selecting
an item on the list undoes that item plus all items before it on the list.
The top selection "Undo All" is identical to the old Ukey. It undoes
all editing since entering Editmode, even if all regular undo steps are
used up.
Undo info is only saved for one object at a time. You can leave and re-
enter editmode for the same object, and all undo steps for that object are
preserved. Undo info for an object is lost once a different object is
edited.
Coder Info:
In order for undo to work, a checkpoint save has to be made. This is
done with a call to undo_push_mesh("name of step"). This should be done
after the last quick abort for a function (typ. the
"if (G.obedit==0) return;", or similar). the undo_push_mesh() does alter some
flags, so don't try to be too tricky and call undo_push_mesh() too late.
The step name is what shows up in the undo_menu. The name "U" is reserved.
User Info:
To use this tool, select a group of verts, it can be larger than the
desired cut as explained below. Then hit Shift-K.
The tool will prompt for cut type (Exact line or Edge centers),
Select, then use LMB to draw a "cut-line". Holding down LMB causes
a freehand draw, clicking LMB causes a polyline draw. MMB locks the axis.
When done press enter to divide mesh on cut line. Subdivide routines have
been modified to produce fewer triangles as part of this tool.
Edge Centers preserves UV info, Exact Line does not (it will be there, just
slightly distorted).
Since the cut line exists in 2D space, and does not make a persistant
selection that can be modified in another 3D view, the knife selection
is the AND of the vertex selection and the knife line, ie; the edge will
be subdivided only if both verts are selected, and the knife line crosses
the edge. Select your verts first, but you don't have to be overly
precise. If you want to cut a few faces on the front of a sphere, you
can select the whole front of the sphere, then knife the faces you want.
Coder Info:
KnifeSubdivide is called with 1 of 3 modes. KNIFE_PROMPT, KNIFE_EXACT,
KNIFE_MIDPOINTS. The hotkey calls KNIFE_PROMPT. When adding to a menu
or button, explicitly call out the mode.
Part of the tool provides get_mouse_trail() that returns a CutCurve struct
that defines a knife line. There are modes defined, but currently they are not
implimented.
Another part of this tool defines new behaviour for subdivideflag().
Setting beauty param to B_KNIFE tells subdivideflag() that the edges
are preselected ans to skip the vert check. Also setting B_PERCENTSUB tells
subdivideflag() to divide the edge at a percentage of the distance from
eed->v1 to eed->v2. This percentage is passed in the eed->f1 flag as a
short (ie, setting eed->f1 to 16384 cuts the edge half-way).
some small things to fix:
- cutting on 1 face doesn't work
- options now under shift/ctrl R, they will be under a K menu that will contain DetectiveThorn's Knife tool too.
Roel
- "Seperate loose parts" is an option in the new pkey popup (in mesh editmode) that seperates a mesh based on objects in it that are not connected.
- "Select same uv" is an option in the wkey popup (in facemode) that selects all faces in the mesh that have the same uv texture assigned as the current active face.
ps. first commit! I hope I can live up to expectations...but don't expect too much! :D
(adding)
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
also the Makefile.in's were from previous patch adding
the system depend stuff to configure.ac
Kent
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