GPencil: Add "Convert Text to Gpencil"

Currently when you try to convert a Text-object to Grease pencil from the Object-menu or via the operator in some other way, the Text-object is only converted to a Curve.

This commit converts that curve to a Grease pencil object.

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11117

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c b/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
index 3751e62dbe0..840fd97cc48 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
@@ -2628,6 +2628,7 @@ static int object_convert_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 
   int a, mballConverted = 0;
   bool gpencilConverted = false;
+  bool gpencilCurveConverted = false;
 
   /* don't forget multiple users! */
 
@@ -2912,6 +2913,16 @@ static int object_convert_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
         /* meshes doesn't use displist */
         BKE_object_free_curve_cache(newob);
       }
+      else if (target == OB_GPENCIL) {
+        ushort local_view_bits = (v3d && v3d->localvd) ? v3d->local_view_uuid : 0;
+        Object *ob_gpencil = ED_gpencil_add_object(C, newob->loc, local_view_bits);
+        copy_v3_v3(ob_gpencil->rot, newob->rot);
+        copy_v3_v3(ob_gpencil->scale, newob->scale);
+        BKE_gpencil_convert_curve(bmain, scene, ob_gpencil, newob, false, 1.0f, 0.0f);
+        gpencilConverted = true;
+        gpencilCurveConverted = true;
+        basen = NULL;
+      }
     }
     else if (ELEM(ob->type, OB_CURVE, OB_SURF)) {
       ob->flag |= OB_DONE;
@@ -3093,6 +3104,17 @@ static int object_convert_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
       FOREACH_SCENE_OBJECT_END;
     }
   }
+  else {
+    /* Remove Text curves converted to Grease Pencil object to avoid duplicated curves. */
+    if (gpencilCurveConverted) {
+      FOREACH_SCENE_OBJECT_BEGIN (scene, ob_delete) {
+        if (ELEM(ob_delete->type, OB_CURVE) && (ob_delete->flag & OB_DONE)) {
+          ED_object_base_free_and_unlink(bmain, scene, ob_delete);
+        }
+      }
+      FOREACH_SCENE_OBJECT_END;
+    }
+  }
 
   // XXX  ED_object_editmode_enter(C, 0);
   // XXX  exit_editmode(C, EM_FREEDATA|); /* freedata, but no undo */