Blender 2.83.12 LTS release
The Blender 2.83.12 LTS release is enabled for downloading on the official Blender site.
10 bugs were fixed in this version.
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Deselect all with a single pressing of the “a” keycode
Since Blender 2.80 the deselect all function – complete deselection of all objects or geometry – has been switched from a single press of the “a” key to a double “a-a” or a combination of “alt+a” keycodes. To return the deselection function to a single “a” press, we can edit the settings of the selection operators. Or, since Blender 2.81, a special checkbox is provided for this in the keyboard shortcuts settings.
- Open the “Preferences” window
- Switch to the “KeyMap” section
- Turn on the “Select All Toggles” checkbox in the “Preferences” subsection
- Save the settings by pressing the “Save Preferences” button in the upper right corner of the window.
Now the selection of all objects/geometry and their total deselection will be performed by pressing the single “a” key.
Blender add-on: Save Selected
“Save Selected” – Blender 3D add-on that allows saving selected objects in the scene into a separate *.blend file.
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Blender add-on “M-Cleaner” v. 1.3.2.
Another way to add code autocomplete when developing Blender add-ons in Visual Studio Code
To improve the speed and convenience of developing Blender add-ons with Microsoft Visual Studio Code, this IDE can show the code auto-completion for common Blender API types.
This way of adding autocomplete is by Zen3515.
Blender 2.92 beta, 2.93 alpha
Blender 2.92 beta and Blender 2.93 alpha become available for download in daily builds on the Blender official site.
Сreating a donut and a cup of coffee onlys with shader nodes timelaps
Detailed time-lapse about creating a procedural cup of coffee with a donut in Blender using the only Shader Editor nodes. The three-dimensionality of objects is achieved through the use of vector displacement.
Author: Erindale Woodford
Blender add-on “Neoner” v. 1.1.2.
Blender add-on “Neoner” updated to v. 1.1.2.
- Fixed an error with switching dimensions to ‘3D’ in 2.91
How to check the last changes in the Blender Python API
Every time switching to a new Blender version, add-on developers face the problem of updating the Python API. In order for add-ons to work correctly with the newest version of the API, developers need to make the necessary updates to their code.
To check the changes of the new Python API version, you need:
- On the official Blender website, go to the daily builds page and click the “New Features and Changes” button.
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