Feature for Curve objects in Blender; 'tapering'.

Next to the "BevOb" button you now have a "TaperOb" button to give a name
of a curve object which defines the width of extrusion of the 'BevObj'
along the curve. The TaperOb curve typically is horizontal, where the
height denotes the width.
Important rules;
- Only the firste curve in TaperObj is evaluated
- the first width is left, last width is right
- it scales the width of normal extrusions based on evaluating the taper
  curve; which means sharp corners in taper curve won't be easily visible

(That latter feature could be improved by extrusing based on the points
in the taper curve; this is a *lot* more work)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index 4f10130c3b7..d72921f1c03 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -1781,6 +1781,7 @@ static void lib_link_curve(FileData *fd, Main *main)
 			for(a=0; a<cu->totcol; a++) cu->mat[a]= newlibadr_us(fd, cu->id.lib, cu->mat[a]);
 
 			cu->bevobj= newlibadr(fd, cu->id.lib, cu->bevobj);
+			cu->taperobj= newlibadr(fd, cu->id.lib, cu->taperobj);
 			cu->textoncurve= newlibadr(fd, cu->id.lib, cu->textoncurve);
 			cu->vfont= newlibadr_us(fd, cu->id.lib, cu->vfont);
 
@@ -4535,6 +4536,7 @@ static void expand_curve(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, Curve *cu)
 	expand_doit(fd, mainvar, cu->key);
 	expand_doit(fd, mainvar, cu->ipo);
 	expand_doit(fd, mainvar, cu->bevobj);
+	expand_doit(fd, mainvar, cu->taperobj);
 	expand_doit(fd, mainvar, cu->textoncurve);
 }