AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX
Proposal: Add a default unit option
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- C++
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Description
## Issue
Currently there is no way to specify a `unit type` on a input/output and have it indicate to use the
current scene unit. An explicit `unit` from the corresponding `unittypedef` must be used.
It is possible with other meta-data such as `colorspace`.
## Proposal
- Allow for a "none" value to be supported for `unit` as with `colorspace`
- The meta-data can thus be saved to / or read from a document without having a specific unit transform specified.
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing `colorspace` metadata handling and the `unit`/`unittypedef` definitions, then compare how metadata is saved to and read from a document. Done means `unit` accepts `none` without requiring a specific unit transform and preserves that value through document I/O.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100