Alembic export: write curve/NURBS as mesh

It's now possible to export curves and NURBS as mesh data to Alembic.
This allows artists to do any crazy thing on curves and export the
visual result to Alembic for interoperability with other software (or
caching for later use, etc.). It's an often-requested feature.

This works around T60503 and the fixes export part of T51311.

Note that exporting zero-width curves is currently not supported, as
exporting a faceless mesh (e.g. just edges and vertices) is not
supported by the mesh writer at all.

To test, create a curve with thickness (for example extruded), export to
Alembic and check the 'Curves to Mesh' checkbox in the export options.

Reviewers: sergey

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4213

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_curves.cc b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_curves.cc
index 9501c643e32..67754a1732b 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_curves.cc
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_curves.cc
@@ -194,6 +194,27 @@ void AbcCurveWriter::do_write()
 	m_schema.set(m_sample);
 }
 
+
+AbcCurveMeshWriter::AbcCurveMeshWriter(Object *ob,
+                                       AbcTransformWriter *parent,
+                                       uint32_t time_sampling,
+                                       ExportSettings &settings)
+    : AbcGenericMeshWriter(ob, parent, time_sampling, settings)
+{}
+
+Mesh *AbcCurveMeshWriter::getEvaluatedMesh(Scene * /*scene_eval*/, Object *ob_eval, bool &r_needsfree)
+{
+	if (ob_eval->runtime.mesh_eval != NULL) {
+		/* Mesh_eval only exists when generative modifiers are in use. */
+		r_needsfree = false;
+		return ob_eval->runtime.mesh_eval;
+	}
+
+	r_needsfree = true;
+	return BKE_mesh_new_nomain_from_curve(ob_eval);
+}
+
+
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
 AbcCurveReader::AbcCurveReader(const Alembic::Abc::IObject &object, ImportSettings &settings)