assimp.assimp/code/PostProcessing/GenFaceNormalsProcess.cpp

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/**
 * @file Implementation of the post-processing step to generate face
 * normals for all imported faces.
 */

#include "GenFaceNormalsProcess.h"
#include <assimp/Exceptional.h>
#include <assimp/postprocess.h>
#include <assimp/qnan.h>
#include <assimp/scene.h>
#include <assimp/DefaultLogger.hpp>

#include <numeric>
#include <memory>

using namespace Assimp;

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Returns whether the processing step is in the given flag field.
bool GenFaceNormalsProcess::IsActive(unsigned int pFlags) const {
    force_ = (pFlags & aiProcess_ForceGenNormals) != 0;
    flippedWindingOrder_ = (pFlags & aiProcess_FlipWindingOrder) != 0;
    leftHanded_ = (pFlags & aiProcess_MakeLeftHanded) != 0;
    return (pFlags & aiProcess_GenNormals) != 0;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Executes the post-processing step on the given imported data.
void GenFaceNormalsProcess::Execute(aiScene *pScene) {
    ASSIMP_LOG_DEBUG("GenFaceNormalsProcess begin");

    if (pScene->mFlags & AI_SCENE_FLAGS_NON_VERBOSE_FORMAT) {
        throw DeadlyImportError("Post-processing order mismatch: expecting pseudo-indexed (\"verbose\") vertices here");
    }

    bool bHas = false;
    for (unsigned int a = 0; a < pScene->mNumMeshes; a++) {
        if (this->GenMeshFaceNormals(pScene->mMeshes[a])) {
            bHas = true;
        }
    }
    if (bHas) {
        ASSIMP_LOG_INFO("GenFaceNormalsProcess finished. "
                        "Face normals have been calculated");
    } else {
        ASSIMP_LOG_DEBUG("GenFaceNormalsProcess finished. "
                         "Normals are already there");
    }
}

namespace {

template<class XMesh>
void updateXMeshVertices(XMesh *pMesh, std::vector<int> &uniqueVertices) {
    // replace vertex data with the unique data sets
    pMesh->mNumVertices = static_cast<unsigned int>(uniqueVertices.size());

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // NOTE - we're *not* calling Vertex::SortBack() because it would check for
    // presence of every single vertex component once PER VERTEX. And our CPU
    // dislikes branches, even if they're easily predictable.
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Position, if present (check made for aiAnimMesh)
    if (pMesh->mVertices) {
        std::unique_ptr<aiVector3D[]> oldVertices(pMesh->mVertices);
        pMesh->mVertices = new aiVector3D[pMesh->mNumVertices];
        for (unsigned int a = 0; a < pMesh->mNumVertices; a++) {
            pMesh->mVertices[a] = oldVertices[uniqueVertices[a]];
        }
    }

    // Tangents, if present
    if (pMesh->mTangents) {
        std::unique_ptr<aiVector3D[]> oldTangents(pMesh->mTangents);
        pMesh->mTangents = new aiVector3D[pMesh->mNumVertices];
        for (unsigned int a = 0; a < pMesh->mNumVertices; a++) {
            pMesh->mTangents[a] = oldTangents[uniqueVertices[a]];
        }
    }
    // Bitangents as well
    if (pMesh->mBitangents) {
        std::unique_ptr<aiVector3D[]> oldBitangents(pMesh->mBitangents);
        pMesh->mBitangents = new aiVector3D[pMesh->mNumVertices];
        for (unsigned int a = 0; a < pMesh->mNumVertices; a++) {
            pMesh->mBitangents[a] = oldBitangents[uniqueVertices[a]];
        }
    }
    // Vertex colors
    for (unsigned int a = 0; pMesh->HasVertexColors(a); a++) {
        std::unique_ptr<aiColor4D[]> oldColors(pMesh->mColors[a]);
        pMesh->mColors[a] = new aiColor4D[pMesh->mNumVertices];
        for (unsigned int b = 0; b < pMesh->mNumVertices; b++) {
            pMesh->mColors[a][b] = oldColors[uniqueVertices[b]];
        }
    }
    // Texture coords
    for (unsigned int a = 0; pMesh->HasTextureCoords(a); a++) {
        std::unique_ptr<aiVector3D[]> oldTextureCoords(pMesh->mTextureCoords[a]);
        pMesh->mTextureCoords[a] = new aiVector3D[pMesh->mNumVertices];
        for (unsigned int b = 0; b < pMesh->mNumVertices; b++) {
            pMesh->mTextureCoords[a][b] = oldTextureCoords[uniqueVertices[b]];
        }
    }
}

} // namespace

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Executes the post-processing step on the given imported data.
bool GenFaceNormalsProcess::GenMeshFaceNormals(aiMesh *pMesh) {
    if (nullptr != pMesh->mNormals) {
        if (force_) {
            delete[] pMesh->mNormals;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    // If the mesh consists of lines and/or points but not of
    // triangles or higher-order polygons the normal vectors
    // are undefined.
    if (!(pMesh->mPrimitiveTypes & (aiPrimitiveType_TRIANGLE | aiPrimitiveType_POLYGON))) {
        ASSIMP_LOG_INFO("Normal vectors are undefined for line and point meshes");
        return false;
    }

    // allocate an array to hold the output normals
    std::vector<aiVector3D> normals;
    normals.resize(pMesh->mNumVertices);

    // mask to indicate if a vertex was already referenced and needs to be duplicated
    std::vector<bool> alreadyReferenced;
    alreadyReferenced.resize(pMesh->mNumVertices, false);

    std::vector<int> duplicatedVertices;
    duplicatedVertices.resize(pMesh->mNumVertices);
    std::iota(std::begin(duplicatedVertices), std::end(duplicatedVertices), 0);

    auto storeNormalSplitVertex = [&](unsigned int index, const aiVector3D& normal) {
        if (!alreadyReferenced[index]) {
            normals[index]           = normal;
            alreadyReferenced[index] = true;
        } else {
            normals.push_back(normal);
            duplicatedVertices.push_back(index);
            index = static_cast<unsigned int>(duplicatedVertices.size() - 1);
        }

        return index;
    };

    const aiVector3D undefinedNormal = aiVector3D(get_qnan());

    // iterate through all faces and compute per-face normals but store them per-vertex.
    for (unsigned int a = 0; a < pMesh->mNumFaces; a++) {
        const aiFace &face = pMesh->mFaces[a];
        if (face.mNumIndices < 3) {
            // either a point or a line -> no well-defined normal vector
            for (unsigned int i = 0; i < face.mNumIndices; ++i) {
                face.mIndices[i] = storeNormalSplitVertex(face.mIndices[i], undefinedNormal);
            }
            continue;
        }

        const aiVector3D *pV1 = &pMesh->mVertices[face.mIndices[0]];
        const aiVector3D *pV2 = &pMesh->mVertices[face.mIndices[1]];
        const aiVector3D *pV3 = &pMesh->mVertices[face.mIndices[face.mNumIndices - 1]];
        // Boolean XOR - if either but not both of these flags are set, then the winding order has
        // changed and the cross-product to calculate the normal needs to be reversed
        if (flippedWindingOrder_ != leftHanded_)
            std::swap(pV2, pV3);
        const aiVector3D vNor = ((*pV2 - *pV1) ^ (*pV3 - *pV1)).NormalizeSafe();

        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < face.mNumIndices; ++i) {
            face.mIndices[i] = storeNormalSplitVertex(face.mIndices[i], vNor);
        }
    }

    // store normals (and additional vertices) back into the mesh
    if (pMesh->mNumVertices != std::size(duplicatedVertices)) {
        updateXMeshVertices(pMesh, duplicatedVertices);
    }
    pMesh->mNormals = new aiVector3D[normals.size()];
    memcpy(pMesh->mNormals, normals.data(), normals.size() * sizeof(aiVector3D));

    return true;
}