Existing OCCT path tracing engine used very simple additive material (BSDF) model, so it was possible to reproduce
behavior only of very basic materials such as metal, glass, or plastic. However, some important in CAD industry
materials like car paint or ceramic could not be modeled well. In this patch, OCCT BSDF was significantly improved
by replacing additive model with two-layered scattering model. Therefore, we have base diffuse, glossy, or transmissive
layer, covered by one glossy/specular coat. The layers themselves have no thickness; they can simply reflect light or
transmits it to the layer under it. Balancing different combinations of layer properties can produce a wide range of
different effects. At the same time, disabling the first (coat) layer allows to keep full compatibility with previously
supported scattering model. All new parameters are available via 'vbsdf' command.
Location of new sample for few material examples:
samples\tcl\pathtrace_materials.tcl
Fix shader compilation issue.
Fix test case sample_ball_alpha.
Shaders_PathtraceBase_fs.pxx - regenerate resource from origin
Macro NO_CXX_EXCEPTION was removed from code.
Method Raise() was replaced by explicit throw statement.
Method Standard_Failure::Caught() was replaced by normal C++mechanism of exception transfer.
Method Standard_Failure::Caught() is deprecated now.
Eliminated empty constructors.
Updated samples.
Eliminate empty method ChangeValue from NCollection_Map class.
Removed not operable methods from NCollection classes.
Fixed uninitialized fields in several classes.
Body of trivial methods have been moved to class definition (header file).
Ensure that non-primitive types are returned by reference, when possible.
Removed unused class Prs3d_PlaneSet.
- AIS_InteractiveContext - create new dummy class field to have an empty TopoDS_Shape object.
- AIS_Point, PrsMgr_PresentableObject - rename static variables to local function variables.
- AIS_Shape, SelectMgr_SelectableObject - remove unused static variables.
- Graphic3d_MaterialAspect, V3d_Viewer - make global static variables as constant.
- V3d_View - move global variable zRotation to class field.
- Move a variable theCurrentSelection as a field of AIS_InteractiveContext and AIS_LocalContext classes. Multiple selection is not used now, so each Context have an own selection.
- Move myStructGenId from Graphic3d_StructureManager to Graphic3d_GraphicDriver for identifying the structures in the driver.
- Move default variable (no shading light) from static value to the class field of OpenGL_View.
Porting note:
- Static methods of AIS_Selection is not used now. Methods of
AIS_InteractiveContext::InitSelected(),::MoreSelected(),::NextSelected()
should be used instead of static methods of AIS_Selection.
Adaptations for compiling with GCC 4.7 and 4.8:
- Construction semantics is used for Handle objects being initialized by const Handle objects of derived type, to avoid overload resolution error in GCC 4.7.
- Missing includes added.
- Fixed bugs related to misuse of direct casts of handle.
- Eliminate CLang warnings on uninitialized and unused variables, functions, and expressions
Automatic upgrade of OCCT code by command "occt_upgrade . -nocdl":
- WOK-generated header files from inc and sources from drv are moved to src
- CDL files removed
- All packages are converted to nocdlpack
Improve consistency and visual appearance of predefined OCCT materials in various rendering modes, including ray-tracing:
- Increase the specular exponents (shininesses) for metallic surfaces: Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold, Pewter, Silver, Steel, Chrome, Aluminum.
- Revise specular colors for metals: Copper, Gold, Aluminum, Silver (according to "Real-Time Rendering, 3rd Edition", AK Peters 2008).
- Increase diffuse reflection of metals: Silver, Aluminum, Chrome (to make them brighter in OpenGL mode).
- Extend Material definition by Refraction Index.
Advanced rendering methods based on shaders or ray-tracing can utilize it to produce refraction effects.
In addition:
- Introduce three translucent materials: Water, Glass, and Diamond.
- Add Charcoal for modeling dark diffuse surfaces.
Add new TCL-based sample (materials.tcl) and test case (tests/v3d/materials/bug24855).
AIS_Shape, ::SetColor(), ::SetMaterial(), ::SetTransparency(), ::SetWidth() - improve consistency.
Setup color for marker aspect as well.
vaspects - new command superseeds vsetcolor, vsetmaterial, vsettransparancy, vsetwidth
and their unset analogs. Improve syntax and arguments validation.
OpenGl_AspectMarker::SetAspect() - do not reset myMarkerSize when sprite is unchanged.
Extend NCollection_IndexedDataMap - Iterator::Key() and FindFromKey() with value copying.
Add test case bugs vis bug24762_coloredshape.
License statement text corrected; compiler warnings caused by Bison 2.41 disabled for MSVC; a few other compiler warnings on 54-bit Windows eliminated by appropriate type cast
Wrong license statements corrected in several files.
Copyright and license statements added in XSD and GLSL files.
Copyright year updated in some files.
Obsolete documentation files removed from DrawResources.
