[Soc-2016-dev] Weekly Report #11, Mantaflow Liquids

[Sebastián Barschkis]

Hello everyone,

my Mantaflow report is online:

https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sebbas/GSoC_2016/Reports/Week_11

= Week 11 =

=== What's been done ===

* I set up the flow behavior switch. So now you can switch between inflow and
outflow fluid flow objects. In addition to the switch, I also added a check box
to control when the inflow is enabled and when not. It is similar to the elbeem
"Enabled" check box so you can use it with keyframes.

* I am still not sure if we really need the 3rd flow behavior option "Static"
(only use given geometry for flow). Theoretically it is just a special case of
inflow where there is only inflow for frame one. In practice, however, it is a
heavily used option for liquids and it would be cumbersome to always set
keyframes for that effect.

* Cleaned up some legacy files that I planned on using but did not.

* Reordered some UI settings. I am basically trying to to group Elbeem and smoke
settings panels into one.

=== Next up ===

* Some maintenance:
** Update Mantaflow files
** Merge with master (it's been a long time since last merge)
** Rebase Mantaflow repository and check what could potentially go into
Mantaflow master

* I have not started the documentation yet. It needs to be done and so this will
have priority.

* Continue updating the fluid UI (zeauro sent me a nice mock-up :)

=== Questions ===

* No

Best wishes,
Sebastián