SSS presets, Thomas and I added these at the same time, however I meant to make this a more general system.

this commit shows how to add a preset using the base preset class and menu with minimal effort.

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/op/presets.py b/release/scripts/op/presets.py
index 8198cbde820..71044956816 100644
--- a/release/scripts/op/presets.py
+++ b/release/scripts/op/presets.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from wm import AddPresetBase
 class AddPresetRender(AddPresetBase):
     bl_idname = "render.preset_add"
     bl_label = "Add Render Preset"
-
     name = AddPresetBase.name
 
     preset_values = [
@@ -41,6 +40,30 @@ class AddPresetRender(AddPresetBase):
     preset_path = os.path.join("presets", "render")
 
 
+class AddPresetSSS(AddPresetBase):
+    bl_idname = "material.sss_preset_add"
+    bl_label = "Add Render Preset"
+    name = AddPresetBase.name
+
+    preset_values = [
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.back",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.color[0]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.color[1]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.color[2]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.color_factor",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.error_tolerance",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.front",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.ior",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.radius[0]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.radius[1]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.radius[2]",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.scale",
+        "bpy.context.material.subsurface_scattering.texture_factor",
+    ]
+
+    preset_path = os.path.join("presets", "sss")
+
 bpy.ops.add(AddPresetRender)
+bpy.ops.add(AddPresetSSS)
 
 
diff --git a/release/scripts/ui/properties_material.py b/release/scripts/ui/properties_material.py
index 15e9df3443f..8a5f359a355 100644
--- a/release/scripts/ui/properties_material.py
+++ b/release/scripts/ui/properties_material.py
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@ import bpy
 narrowui = 180
 
 
-class SSS_MT_presets(bpy.types.Menu):
-    '''
-    Creates the menu items by scanning scripts/templates
-    '''
-    bl_label = "Subsurface Scattering Presets"
-
-    def draw(self, context):
-        import os
-        template_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.pardir, "presets", "sss")
-        self.path_menu(template_dir, "script.python_file_run")
-
-
 def active_node_mat(mat):
     # TODO, 2.4x has a pipeline section, for 2.5 we need to communicate
     # which settings from node-materials are used
@@ -47,6 +35,15 @@ def active_node_mat(mat):
     return None
 
 
+class MATERIAL_MT_sss_presets(bpy.types.Menu):
+    bl_label = "SSS Presets"
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        import os
+        template_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.pardir, "presets", "sss")
+        self.path_menu(template_dir, "script.python_file_run")
+
+
 class MaterialButtonsPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
     bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
     bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
@@ -487,15 +484,15 @@ class MATERIAL_PT_sss(MaterialButtonsPanel):
         sss = mat.subsurface_scattering
         wide_ui = context.region.width > narrowui
 
-        layout.active = (sss.enabled) and (not mat.shadeless)
-        
         row = layout.row().split()
         sub = row.row(align=True).split(percentage=0.75)
-        sub.itemM("SSS_MT_presets", text="Presets")
-        sub.itemO("sss.preset_add", text="Add")
-        row.itemL()
+        sub.itemM("MATERIAL_MT_sss_presets", text="Presets")
+        sub.itemO("material.sss_preset_add", text="Add")
+
+        layout.active = sss.enabled
 
         split = layout.split()
+        split.active = (not mat.shadeless)
 
         col = split.column()
         col.itemR(sss, "ior")
@@ -878,8 +875,8 @@ class MATERIAL_PT_volume_integration(VolumeButtonsPanel):
             col = split.column()
         col.itemL()
         col.itemR(vol, "depth_cutoff")
-        
-bpy.types.register(SSS_MT_presets)
+
+bpy.types.register(MATERIAL_MT_sss_presets)
 
 bpy.types.register(MATERIAL_PT_volume_density)
 bpy.types.register(MATERIAL_PT_volume_shading)