Metaball fixes #68890

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opened 2019-08-20 20:03:51 +02:00 by Dalai Felinto · 13 comments
  • Dependency graph integration
  • Naming based design is weak

There are many issues with the current version of metaballs. If we won't fix them we may want to consider to deprecate/remove this in future releases.

- [ ] Dependency graph integration - [ ] Naming based design is weak There are many issues with the current version of metaballs. If we won't fix them we may want to consider to deprecate/remove this in future releases.
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We may want to consider replacing the metaballs with an OpenVDB level set based solution. In the sculpt branch there is a remesh modifier with voxel mode, which can perform filters and boolean operations in real time using OpenVDB. It is way more flexible than metaballs as it let you use any arbitrary shape. We can integrate this functionality into a modifier, directly into the mesh objects or wait to have a volume object with level set support remesh - demo 2.mp4

We may want to consider replacing the metaballs with an OpenVDB level set based solution. In the sculpt branch there is a remesh modifier with voxel mode, which can perform filters and boolean operations in real time using OpenVDB. It is way more flexible than metaballs as it let you use any arbitrary shape. We can integrate this functionality into a modifier, directly into the mesh objects or wait to have a volume object with level set support [remesh - demo 2.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F7675518/remesh_-_demo_2.mp4)
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There seems to be a bug since at least the 2.79 days where metaballs are not visible inside group instances. Probably fits into this task.

https:*developer.blender.org/T71242 and https:*developer.blender.org/T69753

Metaball support for arbitrary shapes would indeed be awesome, especially if it were implemented as a modifier that could be applied to any mesh object.

There seems to be a bug since at least the 2.79 days where metaballs are not visible inside group instances. Probably fits into this task. https:*developer.blender.org/T71242 and https:*developer.blender.org/T69753 Metaball support for arbitrary shapes would indeed be awesome, especially if it were implemented as a modifier that could be applied to any mesh object.

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is there a solution now for metaball render problems?
Anybody here to help?

As soon as metabones are instancing to verts they do not appear on render.
(2.28a, Mac bigSur)

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is there a solution now for metaball render problems? Anybody here to help? As soon as metabones are instancing to verts they do not appear on render. (2.28a, Mac bigSur) ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-09-25 um 19.15.00.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F10590154/Bildschirmfoto_2021-09-25_um_19.15.00.png) ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-09-25 um 19.15.15.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F10590163/Bildschirmfoto_2021-09-25_um_19.15.15.png) thankS1
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