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Blender Today #218 - 2023-02-20

• New t-shirts in Blender Store! https://store.blender.org/product-category/shirts/
• Blender 3.5 Beta! https://www.artstation.com/nickyblender

Animation

• Animation: Add "Frame Channel" operators - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d7dd7ee2
• Animation: Clamp V2D so keyframes cannot go offscreen - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/cb95f8ae

Asset Browser

• Asset Browser: Add separator line & icon padding for import method menu - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/5bac672e
• Asset Browser: Hide import method menu for essentials - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e3b5a2ae
• Asset Browser: Rename "Import Type" to "Import Method" - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/972f58c4

Assets

• Assets: Preference for default import method for an asset library - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ae84a295
• Assets: show all assets by default instead of current file - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7ba59c8a
• Assets: bundle Essentials with Blender - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/b3fb73f3
• Assets/UI: Use UI-list for asset library preferences UI - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/0d798ef5

Constraints

• Constraints: use a dimensionless unit prop for Maintain Volume - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/52155432

Curves

• Add select more/less - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/55843cd6
• Add remove_selection function - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/47934b5c
• Replace quick fur operator, add to add menu - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/4387dbf0
• move edit mode out of experimental - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/35cde8b5
• Add delete operator to edit mode - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/3807a098
• add Curve Parameter Falloff to comb brush - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ddc6815b
• Add transform tools to toolbar - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/4fbc9c42
• cage overlay for sculpt mode - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c9f02569
• Use deformed points in edit mode overlay - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/715acf75
• change collision radius for consistency with default radius - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/a76b5d3a
• Draw point overlay only in point selection mode - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7dbf2e2e
• Fix curve segment selection - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8d20db05

Cycles

• Add support for CUDA 12 - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/1f615690
• Clean up the Principled Hair BSDF implementation - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/cb77865c
• Fix #104097: re-enable Cycles AMD Vega support - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/6a0b1eae

Docs

• Docs: add doc-string for compatible_eul & improve code-comments - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/773903f4
• Docs: improve online manual lookup time time - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/526f2273

EEVEE

• Eevee: GPU Material node graph optimization. - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7b9d1cb5

GPencil

• GPencil: Include UV information in simplify-sample modifier. - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/248d81fc

Geometry Nodes

• Geometry Nodes: Remove "normal" attribute - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/300c673a
• Geometry Nodes: Operator to wrap a modifier's node group - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/5ca65001

Mesh

• Mesh: Set active attribute values edit mode operator - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/6661342d

Python

• Python: Add scissor functions to gpu.state. - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/74bf0c83

Sculpt

• Sculpt: Add support for last operator panel to mesh filter operator - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c352eeb2
• Sculpting: Vector displacement for the sculpting draw brush - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/39f63c8c

Themes

• Themes: Fix Blender Light theme

UI

• UI: Improvement to screen_find_area_xy - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c39b81d8
• UI: Ensure menus with icons align all menu item labels - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/58752ad9

USD Import

• USD Import: USD Shapes support - https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/72a85d97