MAYA-129059 - Add command to create stages.

lib/mayaUsd/ufe/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ if(CMAKE_UFE_V4_FEATURES_AVAILABLE)
             UsdUndoAttributesCommands.cpp
             UsdTransform3dRead.cpp
             UsdUndoConnectionCommands.cpp
+            UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.cpp
     )
 endif()
 
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ if(CMAKE_UFE_V4_FEATURES_AVAILABLE)
         UsdUndoAttributesCommands.h
         UsdTransform3dRead.h
         UsdUndoConnectionCommands.h
+        UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.h
     )
 endif()
 

lib/mayaUsd/ufe/UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2023 Autodesk
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+#include "UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.h"
+
+#include <mayaUsd/ufe/UsdUndoRenameCommand.h>
+#include <mayaUsd/ufe/Utils.h>
+#include <mayaUsd/undo/OpUndoItems.h>
+
+#include <ufe/hierarchy.h>
+
+PXR_NAMESPACE_USING_DIRECTIVE
+
+namespace MAYAUSD_NS_DEF {
+namespace ufe {
+
+UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand(
+    const Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr& parentItem)
+    : _parentItem(nullptr)
+    , _insertedChild(nullptr)
+    , _createTransformDagMod(MDagModifierUndoItem::create("Create transform"))
+    , _createProxyShapeDagMod(MDagModifierUndoItem::create("Create Stage with new Layer"))
+    , _success(false)
+{
+    if (!TF_VERIFY(parentItem))
+        return;
+
+    _parentItem = parentItem;
+}
+
+UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::~UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand() { }
+
+UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::Ptr
+UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::create(const Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr& parentItem)
+{
+    if (!parentItem) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    return std::make_shared<UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand>(parentItem);
+}
+
+Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::sceneItem() const
+{
+    return _insertedChild;
+}
+
+void UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::execute()
+{
+    if (!_parentItem) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    bool createTransformSuccess = false;
+    try {
+        // Get a MObject from the parent scene item.
+        // Note: If and only if the parent is the world node, MDagPath::transform() will set status
+        // to kInvalidParameter. In this case MObject::kNullObj is returned, which is a valid parent
+        // object. Thus, kInvalidParameter will not be treated as a failure.
+        MStatus  status;
+        MDagPath parentDagPath = MayaUsd::ufe::ufeToDagPath(_parentItem->path());
+        MObject  parentObject = parentDagPath.transform(&status);
+        if (status != MStatus::kInvalidParameter && MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+
+        // Create a transform node.
+        // Note: It would be possible to create the transform and the proxy shape in one doIt() call
+        // of a single MDagModifier. However, doing so causes notifications to be sent in a
+        // different order, which triggers a `TF_VERIFY(g_StageMap.isDirty())` in
+        // StagesSubject::onStageSet(). Using a separate MDagModifier to create the transform seems
+        // more robust and avoids triggering the TF_VERIFY.
+        MObject transformObj;
+        transformObj = _createTransformDagMod.createNode("transform", parentObject, &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        TF_VERIFY(!transformObj.isNull());
+        status = _createTransformDagMod.doIt();
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        createTransformSuccess = true;
+
+        // Create a proxy shape.
+        MObject proxyShape;
+        proxyShape = _createProxyShapeDagMod.createNode("mayaUsdProxyShape", transformObj, &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        TF_VERIFY(!proxyShape.isNull());
+
+        // Rename the transform and the proxy shape.
+        // Note: The transform is renamed twice. The first rename operation renames it from its
+        // default name "transform1" to "stage1". The number-suffix will be automatically
+        // incremented if necessary. The second rename operation renames it from "stageX" to
+        // "stage1". This doesn't do anything for the transform itself but it will adjust the
+        // number-suffix of the proxy shape according to the suffix of the transform, because they
+        // now share the common prefix "stage".
+        status = _createProxyShapeDagMod.renameNode(proxyShape, "stageShape1");
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        status = _createProxyShapeDagMod.renameNode(transformObj, "stage1");
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        status = _createProxyShapeDagMod.renameNode(transformObj, "stage1");
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+
+        // Get the global `time1` object and its `outTime` attribute.
+        MSelectionList selection;
+        selection.add("time1");
+        MObject time1;
+        status = selection.getDependNode(0, time1);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        MFnDependencyNode time1DepNodeFn(time1, &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        MObject time1OutTimeAttr = time1DepNodeFn.attribute("outTime", &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+
+        // Get the `time` attribute of the newly created mayaUsdProxyShape.
+        MDagPath proxyShapeDagPath;
+        status = MDagPath::getAPathTo(proxyShape, proxyShapeDagPath);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        MFnDependencyNode proxyShapeDepNodeFn(proxyShapeDagPath.node(), &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        MObject proxyShapeTimeAttr = proxyShapeDepNodeFn.attribute("time", &status);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+
+        // Connect `time1.outTime` to `proxyShapde.time`.
+        status = _createProxyShapeDagMod.connect(
+            time1, time1OutTimeAttr, proxyShape, proxyShapeTimeAttr);
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+
+        // Execute the operations.
+        status = _createProxyShapeDagMod.doIt();
+        if (MFAIL(status)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("");
+        }
+        _success = true;
+
+        // Create a UFE scene item for the newly created mayaUsdProxyShape.
+        Ufe::Path proxyShapeUfePath = MayaUsd::ufe::dagPathToUfe(proxyShapeDagPath);
+        _insertedChild = Ufe::Hierarchy::createItem(proxyShapeUfePath);
+
+        // Refresh the cache of the stage map.
+        // When creating the proxy shape, the stage map gets dirtied and cleaned. Afterwards, the
+        // proxy shape is renamed. The stage map does not observe the Maya data model, so renaming
+        // does not dirty the stage map again. Thus, the cache is in an invalid state, where it
+        // contains the path of the proxy shape before it was renamed. Calling getProxyShape()
+        // refreshes the cache. See comments within UsdStageMap::proxyShape() for more details.
+        getProxyShape(proxyShapeUfePath);
+    } catch (const std::exception&) {
+        if (createTransformSuccess) {
+            _createTransformDagMod.undoIt();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::undo()
+{
+    if (_success) {
+        _createProxyShapeDagMod.undoIt();
+        _createTransformDagMod.undoIt();
+    }
+}
+
+void UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::redo()
+{
+    if (_success) {
+        _createTransformDagMod.doIt();
+        _createProxyShapeDagMod.doIt();
+
+        // Refresh the cache of the stage map.
+        if (_insertedChild) {
+            getProxyShape(_insertedChild->path());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace ufe
+} // namespace MAYAUSD_NS_DEF

lib/mayaUsd/ufe/UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.h

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2023 Autodesk
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+#ifndef MAYAUSD_UFE_CREATESTAGEWITHNEWLAYERCOMMAND_H
+#define MAYAUSD_UFE_CREATESTAGEWITHNEWLAYERCOMMAND_H
+
+#include <mayaUsd/base/api.h>
+
+#include <maya/MDagModifier.h>
+#include <ufe/undoableCommand.h>
+
+namespace MAYAUSD_NS_DEF {
+namespace ufe {
+
+//! \brief This command is used to create a new empty stage in memory.
+class MAYAUSD_CORE_PUBLIC UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand
+    : public Ufe::SceneItemResultUndoableCommand
+{
+public:
+    typedef std::shared_ptr<UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand> Ptr;
+
+    UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand(const Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr& parentItem);
+    ~UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand() override;
+
+    // Delete the copy/move constructors assignment operators.
+    UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand(const UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand&) = delete;
+    UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand& operator=(const UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand&)
+        = delete;
+    UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand(UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand&&) = delete;
+    UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand& operator=(UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand&&)
+        = delete;
+
+    //! Create a UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand. Executing this command should produce the
+    //! following:
+    //! - Proxyshape
+    //! - Stage
+    //! - Session Layer
+    //! - Anonymous Root Layer (this is set as the target layer)
+    //! Since the proxy shape does not have a USD file associated (in the .filePath attribute), the
+    //! proxy shape base will create an empty stage in memory. This will create the session and root
+    //! layer as well.
+    static UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::Ptr create(const Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr& parentItem);
+
+    Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr sceneItem() const override;
+
+    void execute() override;
+    void undo() override;
+    void redo() override;
+
+private:
+    Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr _parentItem;
+    Ufe::SceneItem::Ptr _insertedChild;
+
+    MDagModifier& _createTransformDagMod;
+    MDagModifier& _createProxyShapeDagMod;
+    bool          _success;
+}; // UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand
+
+} // namespace ufe
+} // namespace MAYAUSD_NS_DEF
+
+#endif // MAYAUSD_UFE_CREATESTAGEWITHNEWLAYERCOMMAND_H

lib/mayaUsd/ufe/wrapUtils.cpp

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 #include <ufe/pathString.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef UFE_V4_FEATURES_AVAILABLE
+#include <mayaUsd/ufe/UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand.h>
+
+#include <ufe/undoableCommandMgr.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 #include <boost/python/def.hpp>
 
@@ -239,6 +245,25 @@ PXR_NS::TfTokenVector getProxyShapePurposes(const std::string& ufePathString)
     return ufe::getProxyShapePurposes(path);
 }
 
+#ifdef UFE_V4_FEATURES_AVAILABLE
+std::string createStageWithNewLayer(const std::string& parentPathString)
+{
+    auto parentPath = Ufe::PathString::path(parentPathString);
+    auto parent = Ufe::Hierarchy::createItem(parentPath);
+    auto command = MayaUsd::ufe::UsdUndoCreateStageWithNewLayerCommand::create(parent);
+    if (!command) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    Ufe::UndoableCommandMgr::instance().executeCmd(command);
+    if (!command->sceneItem()) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    return Ufe::PathString::string(command->sceneItem()->path());
+}
+#endif
+
 void wrapUtils()
 {
 #ifdef UFE_V2_FEATURES_AVAILABLE
@@ -247,6 +272,10 @@ void wrapUtils()
     def("getNodeTypeFromRawItem", getNodeTypeFromRawItem);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef UFE_V4_FEATURES_AVAILABLE
+    def("createStageWithNewLayer", createStageWithNewLayer);
+#endif
+
     // Because mayaUsd and UFE have incompatible Python bindings that do not
     // know about each other (provided by Boost Python and pybind11,
     // respectively), we cannot pass in or return UFE objects such as Ufe::Path

plugin/adsk/scripts/mayaUsd_createStageWithNewLayer.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 
 import maya.cmds as cmds
+import mayaUsd
 
 def createStageWithNewLayer():
     """For use in aggregating USD (Assembly) and creating layer structures (Layout)
@@ -29,8 +30,14 @@ def createStageWithNewLayer():
     # Simply create a proxy shape. Since it does not have a USD file associated
     # (in the .filePath attribute), the proxy shape base will create an empty
     # stage in memory. This will create the session and root layer as well.
-    shapeNode = cmds.createNode('mayaUsdProxyShape', skipSelect=True, name='stageShape1')
-    cmds.connectAttr('time1.outTime', shapeNode+'.time')
-    cmds.select(shapeNode, replace=True)
-    fullPath = cmds.ls(shapeNode, long=True)
-    return fullPath[0]
+    if hasattr(mayaUsd, 'ufe') and hasattr(mayaUsd.ufe, 'createStageWithNewLayer'):
+        shapeNode = mayaUsd.ufe.createStageWithNewLayer('|world')
+        cmds.select(shapeNode, replace=True)
+        return shapeNode
+    else:
+        shapeNode = cmds.createNode('mayaUsdProxyShape', skipSelect=True, name='stageShape1')
+        cmds.connectAttr('time1.outTime', shapeNode+'.time')
+        cmds.select(shapeNode, replace=True)
+        fullPath = cmds.ls(shapeNode, long=True)
+        return fullPath[0]
+