Material: move materal property list into material module and use this for material editor ui and writing of mat files

src/Mod/Material/Material.py

@@ -95,6 +95,34 @@ def exportFCMat(fileName, matDict):
         Config.write(configfile)
 
 
+def getMaterialAttributeStructure(withSpaces=None):
+    # material properties
+    # are there any more resources in FreeCAD source code where known material properties are defined exept the material cards itself?
+    # we should not have two of these list ...
+    # withSpaces is used by the material editor ui, without spaces is used to save a material file
+    if withSpaces:
+        material_property_groups = (
+            ('Meta', ('Card Name', 'Author And License', 'Source')),
+            ('General', ('Name', 'Father', 'Description', 'Denisty', 'Vendor', 'ProductURL', 'SpecificPrice')),
+            ('Mechanical', ('Youngs Modulus', 'Poisson Ratio', 'Ultimate Tensile Strength', 'Compressive Strength', 'Elasticity', 'Fracture Toughness')),
+            ('Architectural', ('Execution Instructions', 'Fire Resistance Class', 'Standard Code', 'Thermal Conductivity', 'Sound Transmission Class', 'Color', 'Finish', 'Units Per Quantity', 'Environmental Efficiency Class')),
+            ('Rendering', ('Diffuse Color', 'Ambient Color', 'Specular Color', 'Shininess', 'Emissive Color', 'Transparency', 'Vertex Shader', 'Fragment Shader', 'Texture Path', 'Texture Scaling')),
+            ('Vector rendering', ('View Color', 'Father', 'View Linewidth', 'Section Color', 'Section Fill Pattern', 'Section Linewidth')),
+            ('User defined', ())
+        )
+    else:
+        material_property_groups = (
+            ("Meta", ("CardName", "AuthorAndLicense", "Source")),
+            ("General", ("Name", "Father", "Description", "Density", "Vendor", "ProductURL", "SpecificPrice")),
+            ("Mechanical", ("YoungsModulus", "PoissonRatio", "UltimateTensileStrength", "CompressiveStrength", "Elasticity", "FractureToughness")),
+            ("Architectural", ("Model", "ExecutionInstructions", "FireResistanceClass", "StandardCode", "ThermalConductivity", "SoundTransmissionClass", "Color", "Finish", "UnitsPerQuantity", "EnvironmentalEfficiencyClass")),
+            ("Rendering", ("DiffuseColor", "AmbientColor", "SpecularColor", "Shininess", "EmissiveColor", "Transparency", "VertexShader", "FragmentShader", "TexturePath", "TextureScaling")),
+            ("Vector rendering", ("ViewColor", "ViewFillPattern", "SectionFillPattern", "ViewLinewidth", "SectionLinewidth")),
+            ("User defined", ())
+        )
+    return material_property_groups
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
     import getopt

src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import FreeCAD
 import FreeCADGui
+from Material import getMaterialAttributeStructure
 import os
 from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
 # from PySide import QtUiTools, QtSvg
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ class MaterialEditor:
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.widget.ButtonSave, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.savefile)
 
         # add material properies (the keys) to the editor
-        for group in material_properties:
+        for group in getMaterialAttributeStructure(True):  # get the mat file structure from material module, use Spaces for better ui
             # print(group)
             self.addPropertiesToGroup(group)
 
@@ -359,16 +360,3 @@ def editMaterial(material):
         return editor.getDict()
     else:
         return material
-
-
-# material properties
-# are there any more resources in FreeCAD source code where known material properties are defined exept the material cards itself?
-material_properties = (
-    ('Meta information', ['Card Name', 'Author And License', 'Source']),
-    ('General', ['Name', 'Father', 'Description', 'Denisty', 'Vendor', 'ProductURL', 'SpecificPrice']),
-    ('Mechanical', ['Youngs Modulus', 'Poisson Ratio', 'Ultimate Tensile Strength', 'Compressive Strength', 'Elasticity', 'Fracture Toughness']),
-    ('Architectural', ['Execution Instructions', 'Fire Resistance Class', 'Standard Code', 'Thermal Conductivity', 'Sound Transmission Class', 'Color', 'Finish', 'Units Per Quantity', 'Environmental Efficiency Class']),
-    ('Rendering', ['Diffuse Color', 'Ambient Color', 'Specular Color', 'Shininess', 'Emissive Color', 'Transparency', 'Vertex Shader', 'Fragment Shader', 'Texture Path', 'Texture Scaling']),
-    ('Vector rendering', ['View Color', 'Father', 'View Linewidth', 'Section Color', 'Section Fill Pattern', 'Section Linewidth']),
-    ('User defined', [])
-)

src/Mod/Material/importFCMat.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import FreeCAD
 # import Material
+from Material import getMaterialAttributeStructure
 import os
 
 
@@ -31,19 +32,6 @@ __author__ = "Juergen Riegel"
 __url__ = "http://www.freecadweb.org"
 
 
-# file structure - this affects how files are saved
-FileStructure = [
-    ["Meta", ["CardName", "AuthorAndLicense", "Source"]],
-    ["General", ["Name", "Father", "Description", "Density", "Vendor", "ProductURL", "SpecificPrice"]],
-    ["Mechanical", ["YoungsModulus", "UltimateTensileStrength", "CompressiveStrength", "Elasticity", "FractureToughness"]],
-    ["FEM", ["PoissonRatio"]],
-    ["Architectural", ["Model", "ExecutionInstructions", "FireResistanceClass", "StandardCode", "ThermalConductivity", "SoundTransmissionClass", "Color", "Finish", "UnitsPerQuantity", "EnvironmentalEfficiencyClass"]],
-    ["Rendering", ["DiffuseColor", "AmbientColor", "SpecularColor", "Shininess", "EmissiveColor", "Transparency", "VertexShader", "FragmentShader", "TexturePath", "TextureScaling"]],
-    ["Vector rendering", ["ViewColor", "ViewFillPattern", "SectionFillPattern", "ViewLinewidth", "SectionLinewidth"]],
-    ["User defined", []]
-]
-
-
 # to distinguish python built-in open function from the one declared below
 if open.__module__ == '__builtin__':
     pythonopen = open
@@ -114,7 +102,7 @@ def write(filename, dictionary):
     "writes the given dictionary to the given file"
     # sort the data into sections
     contents = []
-    for key in FileStructure:
+    for key in getMaterialAttributeStructure():  # get the mat file structure from material module
         contents.append({"keyname": key[0]})
         if key[0] == "Meta":
             header = contents[-1]