blender had no option to add a new scene from the UI, only to copy the existing one.

added a new scene option which doesnt copy any render settings from the previous.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_scene.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_scene.h
index a1a8b1b28cb..943712167c6 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_scene.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_scene.h
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ struct Scene;
 struct Text;
 struct Text;
 
-#define SCE_COPY_EMPTY		0
-#define SCE_COPY_LINK_OB	1
-#define SCE_COPY_LINK_DATA	2
-#define SCE_COPY_FULL		3
+#define SCE_COPY_NEW		0
+#define SCE_COPY_EMPTY		1
+#define SCE_COPY_LINK_OB	2
+#define SCE_COPY_LINK_DATA	3
+#define SCE_COPY_FULL		4
 
 #define SETLOOPER(_sce_basis, _sce_iter, _base) _sce_iter= _sce_basis, _base= _setlooper_base_step(&_sce_iter, NULL); _base; _base= _setlooper_base_step(&_sce_iter, _base)
 struct Base *_setlooper_base_step(struct Scene **sce_iter, struct Base *base);
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
index 289296fd817..afda6c5088f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
@@ -3164,14 +3164,21 @@ static int scene_new_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 	Scene *newscene, *scene= CTX_data_scene(C);
 	Main *bmain= CTX_data_main(C);
 	int type= RNA_enum_get(op->ptr, "type");
-	
-	newscene= copy_scene(scene, type);
-	
-	/* these can't be handled in blenkernel curently, so do them here */
-	if(type == SCE_COPY_LINK_DATA)
-		ED_object_single_users(bmain, newscene, 0);
-	else if(type == SCE_COPY_FULL)
-		ED_object_single_users(bmain, newscene, 1);
+
+	if(type == SCE_COPY_NEW) {
+		newscene= add_scene("Scene");
+	}
+	else { /* different kinds of copying */
+		newscene= copy_scene(scene, type);
+
+		/* these can't be handled in blenkernel curently, so do them here */
+		if(type == SCE_COPY_LINK_DATA) {
+			ED_object_single_users(bmain, newscene, 0);
+		}
+		else if(type == SCE_COPY_FULL) {
+			ED_object_single_users(bmain, newscene, 1);
+		}
+	}
 	
 	WM_event_add_notifier(C, NC_SCENE|ND_SCENEBROWSE, newscene);
 	
@@ -3181,7 +3188,8 @@ static int scene_new_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 static void SCENE_OT_new(wmOperatorType *ot)
 {
 	static EnumPropertyItem type_items[]= {
-		{SCE_COPY_EMPTY, "EMPTY", 0, "Empty", "Add empty scene"},
+		{SCE_COPY_NEW, "NEW", 0, "New", "Add new scene"},
+		{SCE_COPY_EMPTY, "EMPTY", 0, "Copy Settings", "Make a copy without any objects"},
 		{SCE_COPY_LINK_OB, "LINK_OBJECTS", 0, "Link Objects", "Link to the objects from the current scene"},
 		{SCE_COPY_LINK_DATA, "LINK_OBJECT_DATA", 0, "Link Object Data", "Copy objects linked to data from the current scene"},
 		{SCE_COPY_FULL, "FULL_COPY", 0, "Full Copy", "Make a full copy of the current scene"},