io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py

@@ -524,6 +524,593 @@ def blen_read_object_transform_preprocess(fbx_props, fbx_obj, rot_alt_mat, use_p
 
 # ---------
 # Animation
+def _transformation_curves_gen(item, values_arrays, channel_keys):
+    from operator import setitem
+    from functools import partial
+    if item.is_bone:
+        bl_obj = item.bl_obj.pose.bones[item.bl_bone]
+    else:
+        bl_obj = item.bl_obj
+
+    rot_mode = bl_obj.rotation_mode
+    transform_data = item.fbx_transform_data
+    rot_eul_prev = bl_obj.rotation_euler.copy()
+    rot_quat_prev = bl_obj.rotation_quaternion.copy()
+
+    # Pre-compute inverted local rest matrix of the bone, if relevant.
+    restmat_inv = item.get_bind_matrix().inverted_safe() if item.is_bone else None
+
+    transform_prop_to_attr = {
+        b'Lcl Translation': transform_data.loc,
+        b'Lcl Rotation': transform_data.rot,
+        b'Lcl Scaling': transform_data.sca,
+    }
+
+    # Pre-get/calculate these to reduce the work done inside the hot loop.
+    anim_compensation_matrix = item.anim_compensation_matrix
+    do_anim_compensation_matrix = bool(anim_compensation_matrix)
+
+    pre_matrix = item.pre_matrix
+    do_pre_matrix = bool(pre_matrix)
+
+    post_matrix = item.post_matrix
+    do_post_matrix = bool(post_matrix)
+
+    do_restmat_inv = bool(restmat_inv)
+
+    # Create a setter into transform_data for each values array. e.g. a values array for 'Lcl Scaling' with channel == 2
+    # would set transform_data.sca[2].
+    # TODO: Might be faster to create a list of each transform_prop_to_attr[fbx_prop] and a list of channels, then zip
+    #  both and in the main loop, do transform_data_attr[channel] = value
+    setters = [partial(setitem, transform_prop_to_attr[fbx_prop], channel) for fbx_prop, channel in channel_keys]
+    zipped_values_iterators = zip(*(iter(arr.data) for arr in values_arrays))
+
+    # todo: Rather than having to get the Matrix/Quaternion methods upon each call within the loop, we can instead get
+    #  them in advance.
+    #  Before the loop:
+    #  `mat_decompose = Matrix.decompose`
+    #  then within the loop:
+    #  `mat_decompose(mat)`
+
+    for values in zipped_values_iterators:
+        for setter, value in zip(setters, values):
+            setter(value)
+
+        mat, _, _ = blen_read_object_transform_do(transform_data)
+
+        # compensate for changes in the local matrix during processing
+        if do_anim_compensation_matrix:
+            mat = mat @ anim_compensation_matrix
+
+        # apply pre- and post matrix
+        # post-matrix will contain any correction for lights, camera and bone orientation
+        # pre-matrix will contain any correction for a parent's correction matrix or the global matrix
+        if do_pre_matrix:
+            mat = pre_matrix @ mat
+        if do_post_matrix:
+            mat = mat @ post_matrix
+
+        # And now, remove that rest pose matrix from current mat (also in parent space).
+        if do_restmat_inv:
+            mat = restmat_inv @ mat
+
+        # Now we have a virtual matrix of transform from AnimCurves, we can insert keyframes!
+        loc, rot, sca = mat.decompose()
+        if rot_mode == 'QUATERNION':
+            if rot_quat_prev.dot(rot) < 0.0:
+                rot = -rot
+            rot_quat_prev = rot
+        elif rot_mode == 'AXIS_ANGLE':
+            vec, ang = rot.to_axis_angle()
+            rot = ang, vec.x, vec.y, vec.z
+        else:  # Euler
+            rot = rot.to_euler(rot_mode, rot_eul_prev)
+            rot_eul_prev = rot
+
+        # Yield order matches the order that the location/rotation/scale FCurves are created in.
+        yield from loc
+        yield from rot
+        yield from sca
+
+
+def _combine_same_property_curves(times_and_values_tuples):
+    """Combine multiple sorted animation curves, that affect the same property, into a single sorted animation curve."""
+    if len(times_and_values_tuples) > 1:
+        # TODO: Print a warning to the console that more than one curve was found
+        # The FBX animation system's default implementation only uses the first curve assigned to a channel.
+        # Additional curves per channel are allowed by the FBX specification, but the handling of these curves is
+        # considered the responsibility of the application that created them. Note that each curve node is expected to
+        # have a unique set of channels, so these additional curves with the same channel would have to belong to
+        # separate curve nodes. See the FBX SDK documentation for FbxAnimCurveNode.
+
+        # Concatenate all the times into one array and all the values into one array.
+        all_times = np.concatenate([t[0] for t in times_and_values_tuples])
+        all_values = np.concatenate([t[1] for t in times_and_values_tuples])
+        # Get the unique, sorted times and the index in all_times of the first occurrence of each unique value.
+        sorted_unique_times, unique_indices_in_all_times = np.unique(all_times, return_index=True)
+
+        values_of_sorted_unique_times = all_values[unique_indices_in_all_times]
+        return sorted_unique_times, values_of_sorted_unique_times
+
+        # # Get the indices that would sort all_times.
+        # # Use a stable algorithm so that if there are any duplicate times, they maintain their original order.
+        # perm = np.argsort(kind='stable')
+        # # Use the indices to sort both all_times and all_values.
+        # all_times = all_times[perm]
+        # all_values = all_values[perm]
+    else:
+        return times_and_values_tuples[0]
+
+
+def _combine_curve_keyframes(times_and_values_tuples, initial_values):
+    """Combine multiple sorted animation curves, that affect different properties, such that every animation curve
+    contains the keyframes from every other curve, interpolating the values for the newly inserted keyframes in each
+    curve.
+
+    Currently, linear interpolation is assumed, but FBX does store how keyframes should be interpolated, so correctly
+    interpolating the keyframe values is a TODO."""
+    # all_times = []
+    # #all_values = []
+    # #all_curve_idx = []
+    # for i, (times, values) in enumerate(times_and_values_tuples):
+    #     all_times.append(times)
+    #     #all_values.append(values)
+    #     #all_curve_idx.append(np.full_like(times, i))
+    # all_times = np.concatenate(all_times)
+    # #all_curve_idx = np.concatenate(all_curve_idx)
+    # perm = np.argsort(all_times, kind='stable')
+    #
+    # sorted_all_times = all_times[perm]
+    #
+    # # Get the index in sorted_all_times of each time in all_times
+    # all_times_indices = np.empty(len(perm), dtype=np.intp)
+    # all_times_indices[perm] = np.arange(len(perm))
+
+    all_times = [t[0] for t in times_and_values_tuples]
+
+    # Get sorted unique times and the index in sorted_all_times of each time in all_times
+    sorted_all_times, all_times_indices = np.unique(np.concatenate(all_times), return_inverse=True)
+
+    #sorted_all_values = all_values[perm]
+    #sorted_curve_idx = all_curve_idx[perm]
+    # An alternative would be to concatenated filled arrays with the index of each array and then index that by perm,
+    # then a mask for each array can be found by checking for values that equal the index of that array.
+    values_arrays = []
+    times_start = 0
+    for (times, values), initial_value in zip(times_and_values_tuples, initial_values):
+        times_end = times_start + len(times)
+        # The index in sorted_all_times of each value in times
+        times_indices = all_times_indices[times_start:times_end]
+        # Update times_start for the next array
+        times_start = times_end
+
+        # todo: Not sure the best way to mask out the values here, will need investigating
+
+        #times_extended = sorted_all_times.copy()
+
+        needs_interpolation_mask = np.full(len(sorted_all_times), True)
+        needs_interpolation_mask[times_indices] = False
+        #imported_times_mask = ~needs_interpolation_mask
+
+        # # Need to find the before and after times for each time that needs interpolation
+        # # Times are sorted, so the smallest and largest are simply the first and last values.
+        # min_time_value = values[0]
+        # max_time_value = values[-1]
+
+        # todo: It's possible we can get the same result faster by doing the interpolation manually, since we can figure
+        #  out the before and after values for each time that needs interpolating (this would also likely make it easier
+        #  to update the function to support other interpolation than just linear).
+        interp_values = np.interp(sorted_all_times[needs_interpolation_mask], times, values, left=initial_value)
+
+        # Alt, though we typically expect there to be few times that need interpolation:
+        # extended_values = np.interp(sorted_all_times, times, values, left=initial_value)
+
+        extended_values = np.empty_like(values, shape=len(sorted_all_times))
+        extended_values[needs_interpolation_mask] = interp_values
+        extended_values[times_indices] = values
+
+        values_arrays.append(extended_values)
+
+        # FIXME: If we have two curves with the same times, aren't they going to break because they're going to try and
+        #  interpolate the same times?
+        # times1 = [1,2,3,4]
+        # times2 = [1,2,3,4]
+        # sorted_all_times = [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4]... not good
+
+        # # Manual linear interpolation (it may be easier to extend for other interpolation):
+        # # Get the index of the previous and next elements that are not interpolated
+        # prev_value_indices = np.arange(len(sorted_all_times), dtype=np.intp)
+        # next_value_indices = prev_value_indices.copy()
+        # prev_value_indices[needs_interpolation_mask] = times_indices[0]
+        # next_value_indices[needs_interpolation_mask] = times_indices[-1]
+        # prev_value_indices = np.maximum.accumulate(prev_value_indices)
+        # next_value_indices = np.flip(np.minimum.accumulate(np.flip(next_value_indices)))
+        #
+        # # TODO: May be faster to simply not index by needs_interpolation_mask every time and then only index by
+        # #  needs_interpolation_mask at the end.
+        # prev_times = sorted_all_times[prev_value_indices][needs_interpolation_mask]
+        # prev_values = sorted_all_values[prev_value_indices][needs_interpolation_mask]
+        # next_times = sorted_all_times[next_value_indices][needs_interpolation_mask]
+        # next_values = sorted_all_values[next_value_indices][needs_interpolation_mask]
+        #
+        # interp_times = sorted_all_times[needs_interpolation_mask]
+        # ifac = (interp_times - prev_times) / (next_times - prev_times)
+        # interp_values = ifac * (next_values - prev_values) + prev_values
+
+        # ifac = (sorted_all_times[needs_interpolation_mask] - prev_times) / ()
+        #
+        # values_extended =
+        #
+        # min_before = np.full_like(sorted_all_times, times[0])
+        # max_after = np.full_like(sorted_all_times, times[-1])
+        #
+        # # FIXME: But we need the indices so we can get the before and after values and interpolate between those...
+        # before_times = times_extended.copy()
+        # before_times[needs_interpolation_mask] = min_time
+        # before_times = np.maximum.accumulate(before_times)
+        #
+        # after_times = times_extended.copy()
+        # after_times[needs_interpolation_mask] = max_time
+        # after_times = np.flip(np.minimum.accumulate(np.flip(after_times)))
+        #
+        # before_times[needs_interpolation_mask]
+        #
+        #
+        #
+        #
+        # times_full = sorted_all_times.copy()
+        # values_full = np.full_like(sorted_all_times, np.nan)
+        # values_full[sorted_curve_idx == i] = values
+    return sorted_all_times, values_arrays
+
+
+def blen_read_invalid_animation_curve(key_times, key_values):
+    """FBX will parse animation curves even when their keyframe times are invalid (not strictly increasing). It's
+    unclear exactly how FBX handles invalid curves, but this matches in some cases and is how the FBX IO addon has been
+    handling invalid keyframe times for a long time.
+
+    Notably, this function will also correctly parse valid animation curves, though is much slower than the trivial,
+    regular way.
+
+    The returned keyframe times are guaranteed to be strictly increasing."""
+    sorted_unique_times = np.unique(key_times)
+
+    # Unsure if this can be vectorized with numpy, so using iteration for now.
+    def index_gen():
+        idx = 0
+        key_times_len = len(key_times)
+        # Iterating .data, the memoryview of the array, is faster than iterating the array directly.
+        for curr_fbxktime in sorted_unique_times.data:
+            if key_times[idx] < curr_fbxktime:
+                if idx >= 0:
+                    idx += 1
+                    if idx >= key_times_len:
+                        idx = -1
+            yield idx
+
+    indices = np.fromiter(index_gen(), dtype=np.int64, count=len(sorted_unique_times))
+    indexed_times = key_times[indices]
+    indexed_values = key_values[indices]
+
+    # Interpolate the value for each time in sorted_unique_times according to the times and values at each index and
+    # the previous index.
+    interpolated_values = np.empty_like(indexed_values)
+
+    # Where the index is 0, there's no previous value to interpolate from, so we set the value without
+    # interpolating.
+    # Because the indices are in increasing order, all zeroes must be at the start, so we can find the index of the
+    # last zero and use that to index with a slice instead of a boolean array for performance.
+    # Equivalent to, but as a slice:
+    # idx_zero_mask = indices == 0
+    # idx_nonzero_mask = ~idx_zero_mask
+    first_nonzero_idx = np.searchsorted(indices, 0, side='right')
+    idx_zero_slice = slice(0, first_nonzero_idx)  # [:first_nonzero_idx]
+    idx_nonzero_slice = slice(first_nonzero_idx, None)  # [first_nonzero_idx:]
+
+    interpolated_values[idx_zero_slice] = indexed_values[idx_zero_slice]
+
+    indexed_times_nonzero_idx = indexed_times[idx_nonzero_slice]
+    indexed_values_nonzero_idx = indexed_values[idx_nonzero_slice]
+    indices_nonzero = indices[idx_nonzero_slice]
+
+    prev_indices_nonzero = indices_nonzero - 1
+    prev_indexed_times_nonzero_idx = key_times[prev_indices_nonzero]
+    prev_indexed_values_nonzero_idx = key_values[prev_indices_nonzero]
+
+    ifac_a = sorted_unique_times[idx_nonzero_slice] - prev_indexed_times_nonzero_idx
+    ifac_b = indexed_times_nonzero_idx - prev_indexed_times_nonzero_idx
+    # If key_times contains two (or more) duplicate times in a row, then values in `ifac_b` can be zero which would
+    # result in division by zero.
+    # Use the `np.errstate` context manager to suppress printing the RuntimeWarning to the system console.
+    with np.errstate(divide='ignore'):
+        ifac = ifac_a / ifac_b
+    interpolated_values[idx_nonzero_slice] = ((indexed_values_nonzero_idx - prev_indexed_values_nonzero_idx) * ifac
+                                              + prev_indexed_values_nonzero_idx)
+
+    # If the time to interpolate at is larger than the time in indexed_times, then the value has been extrapolated.
+    # Extrapolated values are excluded.
+    valid_mask = indexed_times >= sorted_unique_times
+
+    key_times = sorted_unique_times[valid_mask]
+    key_values = interpolated_values[valid_mask]
+
+    return key_times, key_values
+
+
+def _convert_fbx_time_to_blender_time(key_times, blen_start_offset, fbx_start_offset, fps):
+    # todo: Could move this into blen_store_keyframes since it probably doesn't need to be used anywhere else
+    from .fbx_utils import FBX_KTIME
+    timefac = fps / FBX_KTIME
+
+    # Convert from FBX timing to Blender timing.
+    # Cannot subtract in-place because key_times could be read directly from FBX and could be used by multiple Actions.
+    key_times = key_times - fbx_start_offset
+    # timefac is a Python float, so the new array will be a np.float64 array.
+    key_times = key_times * timefac
+
+    key_times += blen_start_offset
+
+    return key_times
+
+
+def blen_read_single_animation_curve(fbx_curve):
+    """Read a single animation curve from FBX data.
+
+    The parsed keyframe times are guaranteed to be strictly increasing."""
+    # TODO: Remove these, we can do all time conversion at the very end, just before combining times and values into a
+    #  single array
+    # from .fbx_utils import FBX_KTIME
+    # timefac = fps / FBX_KTIME
+
+    key_times = parray_as_ndarray(elem_prop_first(elem_find_first(fbx_curve, b'KeyTime')))
+    key_values = parray_as_ndarray(elem_prop_first(elem_find_first(fbx_curve, b'KeyValueFloat')))
+
+    assert(len(key_values) == len(key_times))
+
+    # The FBX SDK specifies that only one key per time is allowed and that the keys are sorted in time order.
+    # https://help.autodesk.com/view/FBX/2020/ENU/?guid=FBX_Developer_Help_cpp_ref_class_fbx_anim_curve_html
+    all_times_strictly_increasing = (key_times[1:] > key_times[:-1]).all()
+
+    if all_times_strictly_increasing:
+        return key_times, key_values
+    else:
+        # todo: Print something to the console warning that the animation curve was invalid.
+
+        # FBX will still read animation curves even if they are invalid.
+        return blen_read_invalid_animation_curve(key_times, key_values)
+
+    # todo When we have transformation curves (or more than one curve per channel (optional support)) separately combine
+    #  singular parsed curves and fill in the gaps with linear interpolation. .concatenate and .unique the key_times
+    #  arrays with return_inverse=True. Use the lengths of each key_times array and their order in the concatenation to
+    #  get the index of each of their elements in the sorted, unique concatenation.
+    #  For each key_times array, create an all True array and use those indices to set values to False.
+    #  Copy the sorted, unique concatenation and use this new mask to effectively delete all times that didn't come from
+    #  this key_times array. Use .maximum.accumulate and a reversed .minimum.accumulate to get the first time before and
+    #  first time after each time that needs its value to be interpolated. These two arrays get the start and end times
+    #  to interpolate from. For each time that needs its value to be interpolated, get the values for the start and end
+    #  times and then use those and the times that needs their values interpolated to calculate the interpolated values.
+    #  Care will need to be taken for times where there is no first value before or where there is no first value after,
+    #  in which case interpolation can't take place and we'll either need to start set values at the very start and end
+    #  or otherwise fill the values that can't be interpolated with a default value or the first/last value in
+    #  key_times.
+
+    if not all_times_strictly_increasing:
+        # We try to match how FBX behaves when it encounters an invalid KeyTime array. This doesn't quite match when the
+        # maximum value is not the last value (FBX discards some keyframes whereas we don't), but it's close enough.
+
+        # Start the curve from the index of the smallest KeyTime value.
+        min_idx = np.amin(key_times) if key_times.size else 0
+        key_times = key_times[min_idx:]
+        key_values = key_values[min_idx:]
+
+        max_idx = np.amax(key_times) if key_times.size else 0
+        # If the largest KeyTime value is at the last index then it's simple.
+        if max_idx == key_times.size - 1:
+            # Set each element to the maximum of itself and all elements before it
+            key_times = np.maximum.accumulate(key_times)
+        else:
+            # This works the same as Blender's original animation curve parser, without the conversion from FBX time to
+            # Blender time and modified to operate on a single curve rather than multiple
+
+            # todo: Maybe these should be sorted instead?
+            # todo: Maybe these should be np.maximum.accumulate-d instead?
+            # Sorted unique key times
+            sorted_unique_times = np.unique(key_times)
+
+            # TODO: How is this different from np.searchsorted on np.maximum.acccumulate-d times? Can we use it to find
+            #  the points at which idx will increase and then np.cumsum those increases?
+            def parse_invalid_curve_times_to_indices():
+                idx = 0
+                times = key_times.data
+                num_times = len(times)
+
+                for curr_fbxktime in sorted_unique_times.data:
+                    curr_time = times[idx]
+                    if curr_time < curr_fbxktime:
+                        if idx >= 0:
+                            idx += 1
+                            if idx >= num_times:
+                                # We have reached our last element for this curve, stay on it from now on...
+                                idx = -1
+                    yield idx
+
+            key_time_indices = np.fromiter(parse_invalid_curve_times_to_indices(), dtype=np.int64)
+            key_times = key_times[key_time_indices]
+            key_values = key_values[key_values]
+
+            # Filter out invalid times
+            valid_mask = key_times >= sorted_unique_times
+            key_times = key_times[valid_mask]
+            key_values = key_values[valid_mask]
+
+            interpolated_values = np.empty_like(key_values)
+            interpolated_values[:1] = key_values[:1]
+            ifac = (sorted_unique_times[1:] - key_times[:-1]) / (key_values[1:] - key_times[:-1])
+            interpolated_values[1:] = (key_values[1:] - key_values[:-1]) * ifac + key_values[:-1]
+            key_values = interpolated_values
+
+            # def parse_curve_fallback_gen():
+            #     idx = 0
+            #     times = key_times.data
+            #     num_times = len(times)
+            #     values = key_values.data
+            #     # Sorted unique times
+            #     sorted_unique_times = np.unique(key_times)
+            #     for curr_fbxktime in sorted_unique_times.data:
+            #         curr_time = times[idx]
+            #         if curr_time < curr_fbxktime:
+            #             if idx >= 0:
+            #                 idx += 1
+            #                 if idx >= num_times:
+            #                     # We have reached our last element for this curve, stay on it from now on...
+            #                     idx = -1
+            #                 curr_time = times[idx]
+            #         if curr_time >= curr_fbxktime:
+            #             if idx == 0:
+            #                 curr_value = values[idx]
+            #             else:
+            #                 # Interpolate between this key and the previous one
+            #                 prev_time = times[idx - 1]
+            #                 ifac = (curr_fbxktime - prev_time) / (curr_time - prev_time)
+            #                 prev_value =
+            #                 curr_value = (values[idx] - values[idx - 1]) * ifac + values[idx - 1]
+            #             yield curr_fbxktime, curr_value
+            # structured_dtype = np.dtype([("time", key_times.dtype), ("value", key_values.dtype)])
+            # times_and_values = np.fromiter(parse_curve_fallback_gen(), dtype=structured_dtype)
+            # key_times = times_and_values["time"]
+            # key_values = times_and_values["values"]
+
+
+
+
+
+        # # todo: Get some printable attribute from fbx_curve, don't print the entire fbx_curve
+        # print("WARNING: Invalid animation keyframe times for %s. The key frame times that are not strictly increasing"
+        #       " and the keyframes before the first keyframe chronologically have been discarded." % str(fbx_curve))
+        # # We could sort the key times, but starting from the minimum value and then taking an accumulative maximum
+        # # better matches FBX and older Blender behaviour when the times are not in order.
+        # # FIXME: min_idx thing doesn't work, things get weird when the start and end aren't the min and max times...
+        # min_idx = np.amin(key_times) if key_times.size else 0
+        # """
+        # Ok, so moving the max_idx to not be last has odd effects...
+        # Given frames [0, 10, ..., 90, 100] and values [0, ..., 100]. Moving the last time into the:
+        # second-last position: Frames -> [0, ..., 90], values -> [0, ..., 80, 85] (not 90??)
+        #                       [..., 80, _90_, (100)]
+        #              Perhaps  [..., 80, ????,  (90)]
+        #              Interp   [..., 80,   85,  (90)]
+        #              Frames   [..., 80,   90, (100)]
+        #              Blender appears to agree with Unity in this case, but Blender doesn't exclude the (<value>) element
+        #              whereas Unity does.
+        #              Interp   [..., 80,   85,    90]
+        #              Frames   [..., 80,   90,   100]
+        # third-last position:  Frames -> [0, ..., 70, 90], values -> [0, ..., 70, 76.6666] (not 80??)
+        #                       [..., 70, _80_, (90), (100)]
+        #              Perhaps  [..., 70, ????, ????,  (90)]
+        #              Interp   [..., 70, 76.6, 83.3,  (90)]
+        #              Frames   [..., 70, (80),   90, (100)]
+        #
+        #              Blender sets frame 100 to 80 instead, which would have been the next value after 70, but Blender
+        #              doesn't exclude the (<value>) elements whereas Unity does.
+        #              Perhaps  [..., 70, (??), ????,  (80)]
+        #              Interp   [..., 70,(73.3),76.6,  (80)]
+        #              Frames   [..., 70,   80,   90,   100]
+        # fourth-last position: Frames -> [0, ..., 60, 90], values -> [0, ..., 60, 67.5]
+        #                       [..., 60, _70_, (80), (90), (100)]
+        #              Perhaps  [..., 60, ????, ????, ????,  (90)]
+        #              Interp   [..., 60, 67.5,   75, 82.5,  (90)]
+        #              Frames   [..., 60, (70), (80),   90, (100)]
+        #
+        #              Blender sets frame 100 to 70 instead, which would have been the next value after 60, but Blender
+        #              doesn't exclude the (<value>) elements whereas Unity does.
+        #              Perhaps  [..., 60, (??), (??), ????,  (70)]
+        #              Interp   [..., 60,(62.5),(65), 67.5,  (70)]
+        #              Frames   [..., 60,   70,   80,   90,   100]
+        # TODO: Try changing the 90 value to something else and see if the interpolations still hold.
+        # """
+        # max_idx = np.amax(key_times) if key_times.size else 0  # max idx might also get reduced by min_idx?
+        # last_idx = len(key_times) - 1
+        # if max_idx != last_idx:
+        #     max_idx = last_idx - 2  # Seems to exclude the last two keyframes for some reason...
+        # key_times = key_times[min_idx:max_idx]
+        # key_values = key_values[min_idx:max_idx]
+        # key_times = np.maximum.accumulate(key_times)
+        # # TODO: As an alternative to finding the duplicates ourselves, we could just return key_times and key_values
+        # #  as they are from here, letting Blender remove the duplicates when calling .update().
+        # #  Yes, we should leave it to Blender, imagine a transform channel with values [10, 2, 5, 20] at times
+        # #  [1, 12, 12, 40], and then another transform channel with times at [6, 30]. The first channel will need to
+        # #  interpolate for the missing times of 6 and 30.
+        # unique_mask = np.empty_like(key_times, dtype=bool)
+        # # Remove keyframes at duplicate times. Blender would do this when calling .update() on the FCurve. Where there
+        # # are duplicate times, Blender only keeps the last duplicate.
+        # # Note that this may produce different results to software that uses the FBX SDK, because it does not remove
+        # # duplicates.
+        # # Because key_times is now in ascending order, unique elements are the last element and elements that are
+        # # pairwise not equal.
+        # #  1,1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5
+        # #   F,F,T,T,F,T,T,F
+        # np.not_equal(key_times[:-1], key_times[1:], out=unique_mask[:-1])
+        # # The last element is always kept:
+        # #   F,F,T,T,F,T,T,F,T
+        # unique_mask[-1:] = True
+        #
+        # # # FIXME: This currently gets the first unique time, but if we were to import even duplicate times, when we
+        # # #  .update() the FCurve, Blender keeps only the *last* unique time.
+        # # # Remove duplicates. Because key_times is now in ascending order, unique elements are the first element and
+        # # # elements that are pairwise not equal.
+        # # #  1,1,1,2,3,3,4,5
+        # # #   F,F,T,T,F,T,T
+        # # # The first element is always unique:
+        # # # T,F,F,T,T,F,T,T
+        # # unique_mask[:1] = True
+        # # np.not_equal(key_times[:-1], key_times[1:], out=unique_mask[1:])
+        # #
+        # # #indices = np.where(unique_mask, np.arange(len(unique_mask), 0))
+        # # #indices = np.maximum.accumulate(indices)
+        # #
+        # # Use the mask to get only the times (and their values) that are strictly increasing.
+        # key_times = key_times[unique_mask]
+        # key_values = key_values[unique_mask]
+
+    # Convert from FBX timing to Blender timing.
+    # Cannot subtract in-place because this curve could be used in multiple Actions.
+    key_times = key_times - fbx_start_offset
+    # timefac is a Python float, so the new array will be a np.float64 array.
+    key_times = key_times * timefac
+    key_times += blen_start_offset
+
+    return key_times, key_values
+
+
+def blen_store_keyframes(blen_fcurve, key_times, key_values):
+    """Set all keyframe times and values for a newly created FCurve.
+    Linear interpolation is currently assumed."""
+    # The fcurve must be newly created and thus have no keyframe_points.
+    assert(len(blen_fcurve.keyframe_points) == 0)
+    num_keys = len(key_times)
+
+    # Compatible with C float type
+    bl_keyframe_dtype = np.single
+    # Compatible with C char type
+    bl_enum_dtype = np.byte
+
+    # TODO: get this value once and store it as a global variable
+    linear_enum_value = bpy.types.Keyframe.bl_rna.properties['interpolation'].enum_items['LINEAR'].value
+
+    # Stack the arrays into a flattened array of flattened (frame, value) pairs
+    # Same as `np.column_stack(key_times, key_values).ravel()`, but allows specifying the dtype.
+    full_key_frame_array = np.concatenate((key_times.reshape(-1, 1), key_values.reshape(-1, 1)),
+                                          dtype=bl_keyframe_dtype, casting='unsafe', axis=1).ravel()
+
+    # Add the keyframe points to the FCurve and then set the 'co' and 'interpolation' of each point.
+    blen_fcurve.keyframe_points.add(num_keys)
+    blen_fcurve.keyframe_points.foreach_set('co', full_key_frame_array.ravel())
+    blen_fcurve.keyframe_points.foreach_set('interpolation', np.full(num_keys, linear_enum_value, dtype=bl_enum_dtype))
+
+    # Since we inserted our keyframes in 'ultra-fast' mode, we have to update the fcurves now.
+    blen_fcurve.update()
+
+
+# TODO: Remove this function
 def blen_read_animations_curves_iter(fbx_curves, blen_start_offset, fbx_start_offset, fps):
     """
     Get raw FBX AnimCurve list, and yield values for all curves at each singular curves' keyframes,
@@ -572,42 +1159,54 @@ def blen_read_animations_action_item(action, item, cnodes, fps, anim_offset, glo
     taking any pre_ and post_ matrix into account to transform from fbx into blender space.
     """
     from bpy.types import Object, PoseBone, ShapeKey, Material, Camera
+    # todo: Remove this import
     from itertools import chain
 
-    fbx_curves = []
+    fbx_curves: dict[bytes, dict[int, list[FBXElem]]] = {}
-    used_channels = set()
-    warn_multiple_curves_per_channel = False
     for curves, fbxprop in cnodes.values():
+        channels_dict = fbx_curves.setdefault(fbxprop, {})
         for (fbx_acdata, _blen_data), channel in curves.values():
-            channel_id = (fbxprop, channel)
+            channels_dict.setdefault(channel, []).append(fbx_acdata)
-            if channel_id in used_channels:
+
-                # The FBX animation system's default implementation only uses the first curve assigned to a channel.
+    # fbx_curves = []
-                # Additional curves per channel are allowed by the FBX specification, but the handling of these curves
+    # used_channels = set()
-                # is considered the responsibility of the application that created them. Note that each curve node is
+    # warn_multiple_curves_per_channel = False
-                # expected to have a unique set of channels, so these additional curves with the same channel would have
+    # for curves, fbxprop in cnodes.values():
-                # to belong to separate curve nodes. See the FBX SDK documentation for FbxAnimCurveNode.
+    #     channels_dict = fbx_curves_props_channels.setdefault(fbxprop, {})
-                warn_multiple_curves_per_channel = True
+    #     for (fbx_acdata, _blen_data), channel in curves.values():
-            else:
+    #         channels_dict.setdefault(channel, []).append(fbx_acdata)
-                used_channels.add(channel_id)
+    #
-                fbx_curves.append((fbxprop, channel, fbx_acdata))
+    #     for (fbx_acdata, _blen_data), channel in curves.values():
-    if warn_multiple_curves_per_channel:
+    #         channel_id = (fbxprop, channel)
-        print("WARNING: Multiple animation curves per animated property channel were found for %s. All but the first"
+    #         if channel_id in used_channels:
-              "curve for each property channel has been discarded." % action.name)
+    #             # The FBX animation system's default implementation only uses the first curve assigned to a channel.
+    #             # Additional curves per channel are allowed by the FBX specification, but the handling of these curves
+    #             # is considered the responsibility of the application that created them. Note that each curve node is
+    #             # expected to have a unique set of channels, so these additional curves with the same channel would have
+    #             # to belong to separate curve nodes. See the FBX SDK documentation for FbxAnimCurveNode.
+    #             warn_multiple_curves_per_channel = True
+    #         else:
+    #             used_channels.add(channel_id)
+    #             fbx_curves.append((fbxprop, channel, fbx_acdata))
+    # if warn_multiple_curves_per_channel:
+    #     print("WARNING: Multiple animation curves per animated property channel were found for %s. All but the first"
+    #           "curve for each property channel has been discarded." % action.name)
 
     # Leave if no curves are attached (if a blender curve is attached to scale but without keys it defaults to 0).
     if len(fbx_curves) == 0:
         return
 
-    blen_curves = []
+    # todo: Remove these
-    props = []
+    # blen_curves = []
-    keyframes = {}
+    # props = []
+    # keyframes = {}
 
-    # Add each keyframe to the keyframe dict
+    # # Add each keyframe to the keyframe dict
-    def store_keyframe(fc, frame, value):
+    # def store_keyframe(fc, frame, value):
-        fc_key = (fc.data_path, fc.array_index)
+    #     fc_key = (fc.data_path, fc.array_index)
-        if not keyframes.get(fc_key):
+    #     if not keyframes.get(fc_key):
-            keyframes[fc_key] = []
+    #         keyframes[fc_key] = []
-        keyframes[fc_key].extend((frame, value))
+    #     keyframes[fc_key].extend((frame, value))
 
     if isinstance(item, Material):
         grpname = item.name
@@ -642,115 +1241,105 @@ def blen_read_animations_action_item(action, item, cnodes, fps, anim_offset, glo
                    for prop, nbr_channels, grpname in props for channel in range(nbr_channels)]
 
     if isinstance(item, Material):
-        for frame, values in blen_read_animations_curves_iter(fbx_curves, anim_offset, 0, fps):
+        for fbxprop, channel_to_curves in fbx_curves.items():
-            value = [0,0,0]
-            for v, (fbxprop, channel, _fbx_acdata) in values:
             assert(fbxprop == b'DiffuseColor')
+            for channel, curves in channel_to_curves.items():
                 assert(channel in {0, 1, 2})
-                value[channel] = v
+                blen_curve = blen_curves[channel]
-
+                parsed_curves = tuple(map(blen_read_single_animation_curve, curves))
-            for fc, v in zip(blen_curves, value):
+                fbx_key_times, values = _combine_same_property_curves(parsed_curves)
-                store_keyframe(fc, frame, v)
+                bl_key_times = _convert_fbx_time_to_blender_time(fbx_key_times, anim_offset, 0, fps)
+                blen_store_keyframes(blen_curve, bl_key_times, values)
 
     elif isinstance(item, ShapeKey):
         deform_values = shape_key_deforms.setdefault(item, [])
-        for frame, values in blen_read_animations_curves_iter(fbx_curves, anim_offset, 0, fps):
+        for fbxprop, channel_to_curves in fbx_curves.items():
-            value = 0.0
-            for v, (fbxprop, channel, _fbx_acdata) in values:
             assert(fbxprop == b'DeformPercent')
+            for channel, curves in channel_to_curves.items():
                 assert(channel == 0)
-                value = v / 100.0
+                blen_curve = blen_curves[channel]
-            deform_values.append(value)
+                parsed_curves = tuple(map(blen_read_single_animation_curve, curves))
-
+                fbx_key_times, values = _combine_same_property_curves(parsed_curves)
-            for fc, v in zip(blen_curves, (value,)):
+                bl_key_times = _convert_fbx_time_to_blender_time(fbx_key_times, anim_offset, 0, fps)
-                store_keyframe(fc, frame, v)
+                # A fully activated shape key in FBX DeformPercent is 100.0 whereas it is 1.0 in Blender.
+                values = values / 100.0
+                blen_store_keyframes(blen_curve, bl_key_times, values)
+                # Store the minimum and maximum shape key values, so that the shape key's slider range can be expanded if
+                # necessary after reading all animations.
+                deform_values.append(values.min())
+                deform_values.append(values.max())
 
     elif isinstance(item, Camera):
-        for frame, values in blen_read_animations_curves_iter(fbx_curves, anim_offset, 0, fps):
+        for fbxprop, channel_to_curves in fbx_curves.items():
-            focal_length = 0.0
+            is_focus_distance = fbxprop == b'FocusDistance'
-            focus_distance = 0.0
+            assert(fbxprop == b'FocalLength' or is_focus_distance)
-            for v, (fbxprop, channel, _fbx_acdata) in values:
+            for channel, curves in channel_to_curves.items():
-                assert(fbxprop == b'FocalLength' or fbxprop == b'FocusDistance' )
                 assert(channel == 0)
-                if (fbxprop == b'FocalLength' ):
+                # The indices are determined by the creation of the `props` list above.
-                    focal_length = v
+                blen_curve = blen_curves[1 if is_focus_distance else 0]
-                elif(fbxprop == b'FocusDistance'):
+                parsed_curves = tuple(map(blen_read_single_animation_curve, curves))
-                    focus_distance = v / 1000 * global_scale
+                fbx_key_times, values = _combine_same_property_curves(parsed_curves)
-
+                bl_key_times = _convert_fbx_time_to_blender_time(fbx_key_times, anim_offset, 0, fps)
-            for fc, v in zip(blen_curves, (focal_length, focus_distance)):
+                if is_focus_distance:
-                store_keyframe(fc, frame, v)
+                    # Remap the imported values from FBX to Blender.
+                    values = values / 1000.0
+                    values *= global_scale
+                blen_store_keyframes(blen_curve, bl_key_times, values)
 
     else:  # Object or PoseBone:
-        if item.is_bone:
-            bl_obj = item.bl_obj.pose.bones[item.bl_bone]
-        else:
-            bl_obj = item.bl_obj
-
         transform_data = item.fbx_transform_data
-        rot_eul_prev = bl_obj.rotation_euler.copy()
-        rot_quat_prev = bl_obj.rotation_quaternion.copy()
 
-        # Pre-compute inverted local rest matrix of the bone, if relevant.
+        # Each transformation curve needs to have keyframes at the times of every other transformation curve
-        restmat_inv = item.get_bind_matrix().inverted_safe() if item.is_bone else None
+        # (interpolating missing values), so that we can construct a matrix at every keyframe.
+        transform_prop_to_attr = {
+            b'Lcl Translation': transform_data.loc,
+            b'Lcl Rotation': transform_data.rot,
+            b'Lcl Scaling': transform_data.sca,
+        }
 
-        for frame, values in blen_read_animations_curves_iter(fbx_curves, anim_offset, 0, fps):
+        times_and_values_tuples = []
-            for v, (fbxprop, channel, _fbx_acdata) in values:
+        initial_values = []
-                if fbxprop == b'Lcl Translation':
+        channel_keys = []
-                    transform_data.loc[channel] = v
+        for fbxprop, channel_to_curves in fbx_curves.items():
-                elif fbxprop == b'Lcl Rotation':
+            if fbxprop not in transform_prop_to_attr:
-                    transform_data.rot[channel] = v
+                # Currently, we only care about transformation curves.
-                elif fbxprop == b'Lcl Scaling':
+                continue
-                    transform_data.sca[channel] = v
+            for channel, curves in channel_to_curves.items():
-            mat, _, _ = blen_read_object_transform_do(transform_data)
+                assert(channel in {0, 1, 2})
+                parsed_curves = tuple(map(blen_read_single_animation_curve, curves))
+                fbx_key_times, values = _combine_same_property_curves(parsed_curves)
 
-            # compensate for changes in the local matrix during processing
+                channel_keys.append((fbxprop, channel))
-            if item.anim_compensation_matrix:
-                mat = mat @ item.anim_compensation_matrix
 
-            # apply pre- and post matrix
+                initial_values.append(transform_prop_to_attr[fbxprop][channel])
-            # post-matrix will contain any correction for lights, camera and bone orientation
-            # pre-matrix will contain any correction for a parent's correction matrix or the global matrix
-            if item.pre_matrix:
-                mat = item.pre_matrix @ mat
-            if item.post_matrix:
-                mat = mat @ item.post_matrix
 
-            # And now, remove that rest pose matrix from current mat (also in parent space).
+                times_and_values_tuples.append((fbx_key_times, values))
-            if restmat_inv:
-                mat = restmat_inv @ mat
 
-            # Now we have a virtual matrix of transform from AnimCurves, we can insert keyframes!
+        combined_fbx_times, values_arrays = _combine_curve_keyframes(times_and_values_tuples, initial_values)
-            loc, rot, sca = mat.decompose()
-            if rot_mode == 'QUATERNION':
-                if rot_quat_prev.dot(rot) < 0.0:
-                    rot = -rot
-                rot_quat_prev = rot
-            elif rot_mode == 'AXIS_ANGLE':
-                vec, ang = rot.to_axis_angle()
-                rot = ang, vec.x, vec.y, vec.z
-            else:  # Euler
-                rot = rot.to_euler(rot_mode, rot_eul_prev)
-                rot_eul_prev = rot
 
-            # Add each keyframe and its value to the keyframe dict
+        bl_key_times = _convert_fbx_time_to_blender_time(combined_fbx_times, anim_offset, 0, fps)
-            for fc, value in zip(blen_curves, chain(loc, rot, sca)):
-                store_keyframe(fc, frame, value)
 
-    # Add all keyframe points to the fcurves at once and modify them after
+        flattened_channel_values_gen = _transformation_curves_gen(item, values_arrays, channel_keys)
-    for fc_key, key_values in keyframes.items():
-        data_path, index = fc_key
 
-        # Add all keyframe points at once
+        num_loc_channels = 3
-        fcurve = action.fcurves.find(data_path=data_path, index=index)
+        num_rot_channels = 4 if rot_mode in {'QUATERNION', 'AXIS_ANGLE'} else 3  # Variations of EULER are all 3
-        num_keys = len(key_values) // 2
+        num_sca_channels = 3
-        fcurve.keyframe_points.add(num_keys)
+        num_channels = num_loc_channels + num_rot_channels + num_sca_channels
-        fcurve.keyframe_points.foreach_set('co', key_values)
+        num_frames = len(combined_fbx_times)
-        linear_enum_value = bpy.types.Keyframe.bl_rna.properties['interpolation'].enum_items['LINEAR'].value
+        full_length = num_channels * num_frames
-        fcurve.keyframe_points.foreach_set('interpolation', (linear_enum_value,) * num_keys)
 
-    # Since we inserted our keyframes in 'ultra-fast' mode, we have to update the fcurves now.
+        # TODO: It may be beneficial to iterate into np.float64 since the generator yields Python floats
-    for fc in blen_curves:
+        flattened_channel_values = np.fromiter(flattened_channel_values_gen, dtype=np.single, count=full_length)
-        fc.update()
+        # Reshape to one row per frame and then view the transpose so that each row corresponds to a single channel.
+        # e.g.
+        # loc_channels = channel_values[:num_loc_channels]
+        # rot_channels = channel_values[num_loc_channels:num_loc_channels + num_rot_channels]
+        # sca_channels = channel_values[num_loc_channels + num_rot_channels:]
+        channel_values = flattened_channel_values.reshape(num_frames, num_channels).T
+
+        for blen_curve, values in zip(blen_curves, channel_values):
+            # TODO: The bl_key_times is used more than once, meaning we duplicate some of the work
+            blen_store_keyframes(blen_curve, bl_key_times, values)
 
 
 def blen_read_animations(fbx_tmpl_astack, fbx_tmpl_alayer, stacks, scene, anim_offset, global_scale):