15 changes that you need to know when migrating from Blender 2.79 to Blender 2.80

  1. Object selection

2.79: selecting with the right mouse button
2.80: left-click selection

  1. T-panel

2.79: called by pressing the “t” key
2.80: it’s gone, functions moved to the main menu and to the context right-click menu

  1. Deselection

2.79: “a” – select all and deselect all
2.80: “a” – select all, “a – a” or “alt+a” – deselect all

Fake-bpy-module

Code autocomplete greatly simplifies writing scripts or developing add-ons for Blender. One of the best autocomplete modules for today is developed by Nutti. Last updated 20190718.

The project is hosted on the author’s GitHub: https://github.com/nutti/fake-bpy-module

The modules are distributed via pip or as a pre-generated-modules. Author also provides a module generator with which you can assemble autocomplete modules yourself.