release of a free 3D modeling package , which includes more than a thousand fixes and improvements, prepared in the four months since the formation of a significant branch .
All :
- a new interface for navigating through the file system, implemented in the form of a pop-up window with typical filling for file managers. Various viewing modes are supported (list, thumbnails), filters, a dynamically displayed panel with options, placing deleted files in the trash, remembering changed settings;
- The function of renaming groups of elements in batch mode has been implemented. If earlier it was possible to rename only the active element (F2), now this operation can be performed for all selected elements (Ctrl F2). When renaming, features such as regular expression search with replacement, setting prefix and suffix masks, cleaning characters and changing the case of characters are supported;
- Work has been done to improve the usability of the project structure window (Outliner). Outliner selections are now in sync with all 3D viewports. Added navigation through the elements using the up and down keys, as well as expanding and collapsing blocks with the right and left keys. Support is provided for selecting ranges by clicking while holding down the Shift key and adding new elements to those already selected by clicking while holding down the Ctrl key. Added the ability to select subelements displayed as an icon. Added option to show hidden objects. Presented icons for constraints, vertex groups and sequencer;
- new sculpting tools such as wireframe deformation brush, volume-preserving elastic deformation brush, painting brush with mesh deformation, tool for rotating and scaling around an anchor point while maintaining symmetry, mesh filtering tool that deforms everything at the same time mesh vertices;
- Added new topology modification tools: Voxel Remesh to create a polygon mesh with an even number of faces and eliminate problems with intersections by converting them to a volumetric representation and back. QuadriFlow Remesh to create a polygonal mesh with quad cells, multiple poles, and edge loops that follow the curvature of the surface. The Poly Build tool has implemented the ability to change the topology, for example, you can now use shift-click to remove polygon mesh elements, Ctrl-click to add new elements, and drag-click to change the position;
- In the Cycles render engine the ability to hardware-accelerate ray tracing using the platform . Added new post-render noise reduction mode based on usage by Intel Library . The Adaptive Subdivision tools now include a mode for eliminating seams between faces caused by displacement or heterogeneity of materials. Implemented new shaders for textures (White Noise, Noise, Musgrave, Voronoi);
- In transformation tools support for moving home positions () objects without their explicit selection, as well as the ability to transform parent elements without affecting child ones. Added transformation mode with mirroring along the Y and Z axes;
- New Edge Snapping options have been implemented: Edge Center, for snapping to the center of an edge, and Edge Perpendicular, for snapping to the nearest point on an edge. A new vertex merge mode "Split Edges & Faces" has been added, which automatically separates adjacent edges and faces to avoid overlapping geometry;
- The Eevee rendering engine, which supports physically based real-time rendering and uses only the GPU (OpenGL) for rendering, has added a soft shadow mode and the ability to use transparency when shading based on .
Implementations of the Additive and Multiply blend modes have been replaced with shader-based equivalents that are compatible with the Cycles engine. Reworked the bump texturing system, which has become easier to set up and better quality; - In Viewport new options for rendering a 3D scene using the Look Development (Material Preview) rendering mode in the Cycles and Eevee engines, which allows you to quickly test extended brightness ranges (HDRI) and texture mapping. Each 3D scene viewport can now contain its own set of visible collections. Added support for meshes with modifiers in the mesh analyzer, not just original meshes. Image objects can be configured to display only in lateral view;
- Added experimental system , which can be used instead of a proxy mechanism to locally override related characters and other data types. Unlike proxies, the new system allows you to create several independent redefinitions of some related data (for example, defining a character), allows recursive redefinition and the addition of new modifiers or restrictions;
- In animation tools precise control of rotation and scaling in , ΠΈ ;
- In a sketch pencil (Grease Pencil) user interface features, menus reorganized, new tools, operations, brushes, presets, materials and modifiers added;
- Added support for Opus audio codec and WebM container format. Implemented support for WebM/VP9 video with transparency;
- The sequencer has added an operator to add / remove attenuation for all bands and support for pre-loading frames to fill the cache;
- Python API, new handlers added, and operator tooltips dynamically displayed.
Python version updated to 3.7.4; - additions. Added "Enabled Add-ons Only" setting to show only enabled add-ons in the list. Improved support
glTF 2.0 (GL Transmission Format) and FBX (Filmbox) formats.
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