MaterialX: Two small issues with boolean inputs

[JGamache-autodesk]

Description of Issue

We found two issues with boolean inputs while developing MaterialX node definitions for use with USD

• Default values are not copied to SdrNode inputs. Boolean is not a Sdr type, but is recognized as a Sdf one, so the fix is to add a check where the boolean type is handled by the parser:

            type = converted.valueTypeName.GetAsToken();
+            if (type == SdfValueTypeNames->Bool) {
+                defaultValue = UsdMtlxGetUsdValue(element, isOutput);
+            }

• Truth values are inversed when explicitly set. Can be fixed by swapping "true" and "false" in hdMtlx.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Extract the attached MaterialX node definition file boolean_nodedef.zip in a location that will be read by MaterialX/USD (either in the MaterialX install, or in a location read via the PXR_MTLX_STDLIB_SEARCH_PATHS env var).
2. Load the boolean_nodedef_defaultvalue.usda from these bundled scenes boolean_nodedef_scenes.zip and notice the capsule is green. It should be red because the default value of use1 is true.
3. Load the boolean_nodedef_explicit.usda scene from the scene bundle and notice the capsule is red. It should be green since we explicitly set use1 to 0.

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[tallytalwar]

Thanks @JGamache-autodesk for catching this.

For the first issue you found regarding Boolean not being a Sdr type and checking for SdfValueTypeNames->Bool could you do the following instead:

             type = converted.valueTypeName.GetAsToken();
+           // Do not use GetAsToken for comparison as recommended in the API
+           if (converted.valueTypeName == SdfValueTypeNames->Bool) {
+                defaultValue = UsdMtlxGetUsdValue(element, isOutput);
+                metadata.emplace(SdrPropertyMetadata->SdrUsdDefinitionType, 
+                          converted.valueTypeName.GetType().GetTypeName())
+           }

Without adding the sdrUsdDefinitionType metadata, a call to GetDefaultValueAsSdfType will incorrectly return the default of the Bool type, which is True.

Refer https:/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/blob/release/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderProperty.cpp#L536-L542 and https:/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/blob/release/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderProperty.cpp#L619 for more details.

A similar thing was recently done for UsdShadeShaderDef: 409b6e9

Please feel free to submit a PR with the fix and please include a test exhibiting this behavior.

Thanks

[jilliene]

Filed as internal issue #USD-7242

[JGamache-autodesk]

Hi @tallytalwar , thanks for the pre-review. The PR has been submitted.

[JGamache-autodesk]

PR has been accepted. Closing issue. Thanks!