[Bf-committers] Patch for naming of "UVTexture Layer"

[Gaia Clary]

I tried to  take into account what brecht wrote the other day:

Citation from Brecht about the meaning of "UV Texture Layer":

| The layer is called UV Texture Layer because it contains both UV
| coordinates and an image texture for each face (and some other texture
| face properties before the changes in 2.60). Modifiers and other
| places that use these usually have properties called UV Layer, because
| they only use the UV coordinates part.
|

However i agree that just naming it "UV Map" would make this area much more
"streamlined" and thus easier to document and teach. But i am the last one
to judge this because i can not tell if a decision to name it "UV Map" 
might add
confusion at different places. So if the agreement is "UV Map" i would 
be more than
happy with it and change the patch accordingly :)

Note that only the fact that Brecht mentioned:

| So there is a reason for the naming, though it may not be that clear
| and not always applied consistently...

made me start with the patch at all, because he motivated me to give it
a try and show up with a reasonable proposal.

Cheers,
Gaia


Am 20.11.2011 23:46, schrieb Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com:
> Elaborating, the fact that a common feature has some extra
> functionality related to Blender specific design is not a good reason
> to get "creative" about such common names. Blender's vertex/edge/faces
> can store other data too, however this is secondary, no need to
> name them something fancy because of that right? and this last years a
> lot of effort has been made into streamlining blender in this sense.
> It's easier to explain that our UV maps can also store image links for
> use in X and Y feature in the game engine or what ever than coming out
> with a new name just because of some extra functionality.
>
> cheers
>
> Daniel Salazar
> 3Developer.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
> <zanqdo at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Frankly i couldn't care less about the face texture assignment, it's
>> only used by legacy features AFAIK. UV Map is the generic name that
>> anyone recognizes.
>>
>> You would need to give strong reasons NOT to use the generic name of a
>> feature so common in CG, not the other way around!! Start simple, if
>> really needed change it the least possible. We are not alone in the CG
>> world neither invented UV Mapping ;)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping
>>
>> Daniel Salazar
>> 3Developer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Gaia Clary
>> <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org>  wrote:
>>> In fact it is NOT a UV Map. The construct is more a container which
>>> contains
>>> a UV Map and a set of textures, so:
>>>
>>>     UV Layer = 1 UVMap + n Texture(s)
>>>
>>> That's why its not called "UV Map". So what would be a better name then ?
>>> maybe "UVContainer" comes to mind. But that's also questionable IMHO.
>>>
>>> BTW i meanwhile have added the Patch to the patch tracker as proposed by
>>> Ideasman_42:
>>>
>>> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=29336&group_id=9&atid=127
>>>
>>> There is a bit more of explanation.
>>> -gaia-
>>>
>>> Am 20.11.2011 17:01, schrieb Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com:
>>>> I think the correct term is uv map, uv maps cant be layered so why
>>>> naming them like that? There can be *multiple* UV maps of course but
>>>> they have no relation between them. The relation is defined in their
>>>> usage, let it be textures that can be layered of course or any other
>>>> type of usage for a UV map.
>>>>
>>>> If UVs are layers, why arent vgroups layers too? Also why not stick to
>>>> what is the standard terminology?
>>>>
>>>>    I don't know if you see my point or i need to explain my self better
>>>>
>>>> good day
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Salazar
>>>> 3Developer.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Gaia Clary
>>>> <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org>    wrote:
>>>>> I believe that the term "UVTexture Layer" and related terms are a bit
>>>>> confusing on the User interface level. So i created a patch which
>>>>> renames some GUI elements:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.pasteall.org/26581
>>>>>
>>>>> In particular:
>>>>>
>>>>> "UV Texture" ->    "UV Layer" (text label)
>>>>> "UVTex" ->    "UVLayer" (default name of new UVLayer)
>>>>>
>>>>> "UV Texture Layer" ->    "UV Layer"
>>>>> "Name of UV unwrapping layer" ->    "Name of UV Layer"
>>>>> "Active UV Texture" ->    "Active UV Layer"
>>>>> "Active UV Texture Index" ->    "Active UV layer Index""Add UV texture
>>>>> layer" ->    "Add UV layer"
>>>>> "Assign Image to UV Texture" ->    "Assign Image to UV Layer"
>>>>> "Remove UV texture layer" ->    "Remove UV Layer"
>>>>>
>>>>> I hesitate to add this patch to the patch tracker because it may not be
>>>>> acurate or even wrong. Hence i ask for your feedback on this.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks a lot
>>>>> -gaia-
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