From 6b93a805468a5c22934b8cee89a34e71fd5dbd2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michel Anders <andersmichel8@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:08:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] slope2vcol first version

---
 slope2vcol.py | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 slope2vcol.py

diff --git a/slope2vcol.py b/slope2vcol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..723e195
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+++ b/slope2vcol.py
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+# ##### BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+#
+#  Slope2vcol.py , a Blender addon
+#  (c) 2013 Michel J. Anders (varkenvarken)
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+#  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+#  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+#  Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ##### END GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+
+# <pep8 compliant>
+
+bl_info = {
+    "name": "Slope2vcol",
+    "author": "Michel Anders (varkenvarken)",
+    "version": (0, 0, 1),
+    "blender": (2, 68, 0),
+    "location": "View3D > Paint > Slope",
+    "description": "Replace active vertex color layer with colors representing the slope of a face",
+    "warning": "",
+    "wiki_url": "",
+    "tracker_url": "",
+    "category": "Paint"}
+
+import bpy
+from mathutils import Vector
+from math import pi
+
+class Slope2VCol(bpy.types.Operator):
+    bl_idname = "mesh.slope2vcol"
+    bl_label = "Slope2Vcol"
+    bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def poll(self, context):
+        # Check if we have a mesh object active and are in vertex paint mode
+        p = (context.mode == 'PAINT_VERTEX' and
+             isinstance(context.scene.objects.active, bpy.types.Object) and
+             isinstance(context.scene.objects.active.data, bpy.types.Mesh))
+        return p
+        
+    def execute(self, context):
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='OBJECT')
+        mesh = context.scene.objects.active.data
+        vertex_colors = mesh.vertex_colors.active.data
+        for poly in mesh.polygons:
+            angle = 1 - poly.normal.angle(Vector((0, 0, 1))) / pi
+            for loop_index in range(poly.loop_start, poly.loop_start + poly.loop_total):
+                vertex_colors[loop_index].color = [angle, 0, 0]
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='VERTEX_PAINT')
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='EDIT')
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='VERTEX_PAINT')
+        context.scene.update()
+        return {'FINISHED'}
+
+
+def menu_func(self, context):
+    self.layout.operator(Slope2VCol.bl_idname, text=bl_info['description'],
+                         icon='PLUGIN')
+
+
+def register():
+    bpy.utils.register_module(__name__)
+    bpy.types.VIEW3D_MT_paint_vertex.append(menu_func)
+
+
+def unregister():
+    bpy.types.IVIEW3D_MT_paint_vertex.remove(menu_func)
+    bpy.utils.unregister_module(__name__)