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Fix volume mixes in MDL (#1395)
Change the implementation of the volume mix functions in MDL. The mix weight is now interpreted as probability to encounter a particle of one of the mixed media.
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‎source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/pbrlib.mdl‎

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@@ -669,14 +669,39 @@ export material mx_displacement_vector3(
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);
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// helper function to mix two scattering volumes:
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// - combined scattering coefficient is just the sum of the two
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// - VDF mixer weight is the relative probability of encountering the corresponding
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// particle type
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// NOTE: mixer weight should be a color, but due to a bug in current MDL compilers
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// the color mixers don't accept non-uniform weights yet
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struct volume_mix_return {
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color scattering_coefficient;
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float mix_weight1; // mix_weight2 = 1.0 - mix_weight1, can use any mixer
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};
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volume_mix_return volume_mix(
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color scattering_coefficient1,
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float weight1,
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color scattering_coefficient2,
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float weight2)
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{
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color s1 = weight1 * scattering_coefficient1;
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color s = s1 + weight2 * scattering_coefficient2;
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return volume_mix_return(scattering_coefficient: s, mix_weight1: math::average(s1 / s));
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}
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export material mx_mix_bsdf(
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material mxp_fg = material() [[ anno::usage( "materialx:bsdf") ]],
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material mxp_bg = material() [[ anno::usage( "materialx:bsdf") ]],
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float mxp_mix = 0.0
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) [[
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anno::usage( "materialx:bsdf")
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]]
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= material(
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= let {
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volume_mix_return v = volume_mix(
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mxp_fg.volume.scattering_coefficient, mxp_mix,
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mxp_bg.volume.scattering_coefficient, (1.0f - mxp_mix));
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} in material(
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surface: material_surface(
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scattering: df::weighted_layer(
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weight: mxp_mix,
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// we need to carry volume properties along for SSS
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ior: mxp_fg.ior, // NOTE: IOR is uniform, cannot mix here
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volume: material_volume(
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scattering: df::clamped_mix(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix(
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df::vdf_component[](
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df::vdf_component( mxp_mix, mxp_fg.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - mxp_mix, mxp_bg.volume.scattering))
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df::vdf_component(v.mix_weight1, mxp_fg.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component(1.0 - v.mix_weight1, mxp_bg.volume.scattering))
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),
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absorption_coefficient: mxp_mix * mxp_fg.volume.absorption_coefficient +
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(1.0 - mxp_mix) * mxp_bg.volume.absorption_coefficient,
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scattering_coefficient: mxp_mix * mxp_fg.volume.scattering_coefficient +
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(1.0 - mxp_mix) * mxp_bg.volume.scattering_coefficient
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scattering_coefficient: v.scattering_coefficient
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)
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);
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= material(
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surface: material_surface(
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emission: material_emission(
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emission: df::clamped_mix(
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emission: df::unbounded_mix( // unbounded_mix is cheaper
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df::edf_component[](
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df::edf_component( mxp_mix, mxp_fg.surface.emission.emission),
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df::edf_component( 1.0 - mxp_mix, mxp_bg.surface.emission.emission))
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) [[
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anno::usage( "materialx:vdf")
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]]
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= material(
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= let {
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volume_mix_return v = volume_mix(
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mxp_fg.volume.scattering_coefficient, mxp_mix,
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mxp_bg.volume.scattering_coefficient, (1.0f - mxp_mix));
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} in material(
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ior: mxp_fg.ior, // NOTE: IOR is uniform, cannot mix here
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volume: material_volume(
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scattering: df::clamped_mix(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix(
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df::vdf_component[](
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df::vdf_component( mxp_mix, mxp_fg.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - mxp_mix, mxp_bg.volume.scattering))
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df::vdf_component( v.mix_weight1, mxp_fg.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - v.mix_weight1, mxp_bg.volume.scattering))
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),
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absorption_coefficient: mxp_mix * mxp_fg.volume.absorption_coefficient +
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(1.0 - mxp_mix) * mxp_bg.volume.absorption_coefficient,
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scattering_coefficient: mxp_mix * mxp_fg.volume.scattering_coefficient +
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(1.0 - mxp_mix) * mxp_bg.volume.scattering_coefficient
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scattering_coefficient: v.scattering_coefficient
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)
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);
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) [[
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anno::usage( "materialx:bsdf")
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]]
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= material(
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= let {
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volume_mix_return v = volume_mix(
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mxp_in1.volume.scattering_coefficient, 1.0f,
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mxp_in2.volume.scattering_coefficient, 1.0f);
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} in material(
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surface: material_surface(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix(
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df::bsdf_component[](
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volume: material_volume(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix(
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df::vdf_component[](
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df::vdf_component( 1.0, mxp_in1.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0, mxp_in2.volume.scattering))
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df::vdf_component( v.mix_weight1, mxp_in1.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - v.mix_weight1, mxp_in2.volume.scattering))
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),
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absorption_coefficient: mxp_in1.volume.absorption_coefficient +
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mxp_in2.volume.absorption_coefficient,
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scattering_coefficient: mxp_in1.volume.scattering_coefficient +
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mxp_in2.volume.scattering_coefficient
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scattering_coefficient: v.scattering_coefficient
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)
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);
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) [[
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anno::usage( "materialx:vdf")
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]]
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= material(
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= let {
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volume_mix_return v = volume_mix(
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mxp_in1.volume.scattering_coefficient, 1.0f,
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mxp_in2.volume.scattering_coefficient, 1.0f);
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} in material(
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// assuming mixing the IOR is the best we can do here
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ior: 0.5 * mxp_in1.ior + 0.5 * mxp_in2.ior,
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volume: material_volume(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix(
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df::vdf_component[](
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df::vdf_component( 1.0, mxp_in1.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0, mxp_in2.volume.scattering))
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df::vdf_component( v.mix_weight1, mxp_in1.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - v.mix_weight1, mxp_in2.volume.scattering))
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),
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absorption_coefficient: mxp_in1.volume.absorption_coefficient +
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mxp_in2.volume.absorption_coefficient,
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scattering_coefficient: mxp_in1.volume.scattering_coefficient +
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mxp_in2.volume.scattering_coefficient
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scattering_coefficient: v.scattering_coefficient
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)
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);
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‎source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/stdlib.mdl‎

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base: mxp_bg.surface.scattering
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emission: material_emission(
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emission: df::clamped_mix(
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emission: df::unbounded_mix( // unbounded_mix is cheaper
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df::edf_component[](
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df::edf_component( mxp_mix, mxp_fg.surface.emission.emission),
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df::edf_component( 1.0 - mxp_mix, mxp_bg.surface.emission.emission))
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// we need to carry volume properties along for SSS
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ior: mxp_fg.ior, // NOTE: IOR is uniform, cannot mix here
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volume: material_volume(
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scattering: df::clamped_mix(
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scattering: df::unbounded_mix( // unbounded_mix is cheaper
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df::vdf_component[](
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df::vdf_component( mxp_mix, mxp_fg.volume.scattering),
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df::vdf_component( 1.0 - mxp_mix, mxp_bg.volume.scattering))

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