Curves: Add soft selection in sculpt mode

This commit adds a float selection to curve control points or curves,
a sculpt tool to paint the selection, and uses the selection influence
in the existing sculpt brushes.

The selection is the inverse of the "mask" from mesh sculpt mode
currently. That change is described in more detail here: T97903

Since some sculpt tools are really "per curve" tools, they use the
average point selection of all of their points. The delete brush
considers a curve selected if any of its points have a non-zero
selection.

There is a new option to choose the selection domain, which affects how
painting the selection works. You can also turn the selection off by
clicking on the active domain.

Sculpt brushes can be faster when the selection is small, because
finding selected curves or points is generally faster than the
existing brush intersection and distance checks.

The main limitation currently is that we can't see the selection in the
viewport by default. For now, to see the selection one has to add a
simple material to the curves object as shown in the differential
revision. And one has to switch to Material Preview in the 3d view.

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D14934

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py
index 1af70895be9..116dd280b5c 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ class _draw_tool_settings_context_mode:
         if brush.curves_sculpt_tool == 'DELETE':
             layout.prop(brush, "falloff_shape", expand=True)
 
+        if brush.curves_sculpt_tool == 'SELECTION_PAINT':
+            layout.prop(brush, "direction", expand=True, text="")
+            layout.prop(brush, "falloff_shape", expand=True)
+            layout.popover("VIEW3D_PT_tools_brush_falloff")
+
 
 class VIEW3D_HT_header(Header):
     bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
@@ -687,6 +692,24 @@ class VIEW3D_HT_header(Header):
             if object_mode == 'PARTICLE_EDIT':
                 row = layout.row()
                 row.prop(tool_settings.particle_edit, "select_mode", text="", expand=True)
+            elif object_mode == 'SCULPT_CURVES' and obj.type == 'CURVES':
+                curves = obj.data
+
+                row = layout.row(align=True)
+
+                experimental = context.preferences.experimental
+                if experimental.use_new_curves_tools:
+                    # Combine the "use selection" toggle with the "set domain" operators
+                    # to allow turning selection off directly.
+                    domain = curves.selection_domain
+                    if domain == 'POINT':
+                        row.prop(curves, "use_sculpt_selection", text="", icon='CURVE_BEZCIRCLE')
+                    else:
+                        row.operator("curves.set_selection_domain", text="", icon='CURVE_BEZCIRCLE').domain = 'POINT'
+                    if domain == 'CURVE':
+                        row.prop(curves, "use_sculpt_selection", text="", icon='CURVE_PATH')
+                    else:
+                        row.operator("curves.set_selection_domain", text="", icon='CURVE_PATH').domain = 'CURVE'
 
         # Grease Pencil
         if obj and obj.type == 'GPENCIL' and context.gpencil_data:
@@ -939,6 +962,7 @@ class VIEW3D_MT_editor_menus(Menu):
                 layout.menu("VIEW3D_MT_mask")
                 layout.menu("VIEW3D_MT_face_sets")
             if mode_string == 'SCULPT_CURVES':
+                layout.menu("VIEW3D_MT_select_sculpt_curves")
                 layout.menu("VIEW3D_MT_sculpt_curves")
 
         else:
@@ -1976,6 +2000,17 @@ class VIEW3D_MT_select_edit_curves(Menu):
         pass
 
 
+class VIEW3D_MT_select_sculpt_curves(Menu):
+    bl_label = "Select"
+
+    def draw(self, _context):
+        layout = self.layout
+
+        layout.operator("sculpt_curves.select_all", text="All").action = 'SELECT'
+        layout.operator("sculpt_curves.select_all", text="None").action = 'DESELECT'
+        layout.operator("sculpt_curves.select_all", text="Invert").action = 'INVERT'
+
+
 class VIEW3D_MT_angle_control(Menu):
     bl_label = "Angle Control"
 
@@ -7703,6 +7738,7 @@ classes = (
     VIEW3D_MT_select_paint_mask,
     VIEW3D_MT_select_paint_mask_vertex,
     VIEW3D_MT_select_edit_curves,
+    VIEW3D_MT_select_sculpt_curves,
     VIEW3D_MT_angle_control,
     VIEW3D_MT_mesh_add,
     VIEW3D_MT_curve_add,