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**** NEW: Group Nodes
Node trees usually become messy and confusing quickly, so we need
not only a way to collapse Nodes into single 'groups', but also a
way to re-use that data to create libraries of effects.
This has been done by making a new Library data type, the NodeTree.
Everything that has been grouped is stored here, and available for
re-use, appending or linking. These NodeTrees are fully generic,
i.e. can store shader trees, composit trees, and so on. The 'type'
value as stored in the NodeTree will keep track of internal type
definitions and execute/drawing callbacks. Needless to say, re-using
shader trees in a composit tree is a bit useless, and will be
prevented in the browsing code. :)
So; any NodeTree can become a "Goup Node" inside in a NodeTree. This
Group Node then works just like any Node.
To prevent the current code to become too complex, I've disabled
the possibility to insert Groups inside of Groups. That might be
enabled later, but is a real nasty piece of code to get OK.
Since Group Nodes are a dynamic Node type, a lot of work has been
done to ensure Node definitions can be dynamic too, but still allow
to be stored in files, and allow to be verified for type-definition
changes on reloading. This system needs a little bit maturing still,
so the Python gurus should better wait a little bit! (Also for me to
write the definite API docs for it).
What works now:
- Press CTRL+G to create a new Group. The grouping code checks for
impossible selections (like an unselected node between selected nodes).
Everthing that's selected then gets removed from the current tree, and
inserted in a new NodeTree library data block. A Group Node then is
added which links to this new NodeTree.
- Press ALT+G to ungroup. This will not delete the NodeTree library
data, but just duplicate the Group into the current tree.
- Press TAB, or click on the NodeTree icon to edit Groups. Note that
NodeTrees are instances, so editing one Group will also change the
other users.
This also means that when removing nodes in a Group (or hiding sockets
or changing internal links) this is immediately corrected for all users
of this Group, also in other Materials.
- While editing Groups, only the internal Nodes can be edited. A single
click outside of the Group boundary will close this 'edit mode'.
What needs to be done:
- SHIFT+A menu in toolbox style, also including a list of Groups
- Enable the single-user button in the Group Node
- Displaying all (visible) internal group UI elements in the Node Panel
- Enable Library linking and prevent editing of Groups then.
**** NEW: Socket Visibility control
Node types will be generated with a lot of possible inputs or outputs,
and drawing all sockets all the time isn't very useful then.
A new option in the Node header ('plus' icon) allows to either hide all
unused sockets (first keypress) or to reveil them (when there are hidden
sockets, the icon displays black, otherwise it's blended).
Hidden sockets in Nodes also are not exported to a Group, so this way
you can control what options (in/outputs) exactly are available.
To be done:
- a way to hide individual sockets, like with a RMB click on it.
**** NEW: Nodes now render!
This is still quite primitive, more on a level to replace the (now
obsolete and disabled) Material Layers.
What needs to be done:
- make the "Geometry" node work properly, also for AA textures
- make the Texture Node work (does very little at the moment)
- give Material Nodes all inputs as needed (like Map-to Panel)
- find a way to export more data from a Material Node, like the
shadow value, or light intensity only, etc
Very important also to separate from the Material Buttons the
"global" options, like "Ztransp" or "Wire" or "Halo". These can not
be set for each Material-Node individually.
Also note that the Preview Render (Buttons window) now renders a bit
differently. This was a horrid piece of antique code, using a totally
incompatible way of rendering. Target is to fully re-use internal
render code for previews.
OK... that's it mostly. Now test!
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/**
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* blenlib/BKE_main.h (mar-2001 nzc)
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*
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* Main is the root of the 'database' of a Blender context. All data
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* is stuffed into lists, and all these lists are knotted to here. A
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* Blender file is not much more but a binary dump of these
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* lists. This list of lists is not serialized itself.
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*
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* Oops... this should be a _types.h file.
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*
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* $Id$
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*
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* ***** BEGIN GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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* of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The Blender
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* Foundation also sells licenses for use in proprietary software under
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* the Blender License. See http://www.blender.org/BL/ for information
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* about this.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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*
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* The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by NaN Holding BV.
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* All rights reserved.
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*
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* The Original Code is: all of this file.
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*
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* Contributor(s): none yet.
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*
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* ***** END GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
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*/
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#ifndef BKE_MAIN_H
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#define BKE_MAIN_H
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#include "DNA_listBase.h"
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struct Library;
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typedef struct Main {
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struct Main *next, *prev;
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char name[160];
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short versionfile, rt;
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struct Library *curlib;
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ListBase scene;
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ListBase library;
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ListBase object;
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ListBase mesh;
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ListBase curve;
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ListBase mball;
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ListBase mat;
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ListBase tex;
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ListBase image;
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ListBase wave;
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ListBase latt;
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ListBase lamp;
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ListBase camera;
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ListBase ipo;
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ListBase key;
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ListBase world;
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ListBase screen;
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ListBase script;
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ListBase vfont;
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ListBase text;
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ListBase sound;
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ListBase group;
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ListBase armature;
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ListBase action;
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ListBase nodetree;
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} Main;
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#endif
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