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BLENDER TODAY #159

BCON21 cancelled https://conference.blender.org/2021/
PIXAR RENDERMAN 24 https://renderman.pixar.com/whats-new

PERFORMANCE
Transform: support multi-threading for most modes https://developer.blender.org/rB2d4ec90497443dc28e342c539e65010c7f4a04bb
Transform: support multi-threading for bend
BMesh: remove redundant mesh-backups from EDBM_op_* API https://developer.blender.org/rB04313f1bb5ff89168099cdc03d1855ae5118d29c
Fix performance regression in Exact boolean due to exact triangulation. https://developer.blender.org/rBb8115f0c5bd91f6aa9d70eb6bafab61b2051b003

GREASE PENCIL / LINEART
GPencil: New modifier to generate weights dynamically https://developer.blender.org/D11604
GPencil: Add weight factor to Offset randomize https://developer.blender.org/rBb73dc36859e03845f702a3e985b536ac9afef63a
LineArt: Filtering intersection lines using mask numbers https://developer.blender.org/rBd1e0059eac99654624edee2a2390a3e2fdc4c7cb

VSE
VSE: Improved Snapping https://developer.blender.org/rBfba9cd019f21f29bad1a6f3713370c5172dbc97f https://developer.blender.org/D11646

GEOMETRY NODES
Curve Primitives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpu9tLFx8zE
Geometry Nodes: Curve Primitive Circle https://developer.blender.org/rBc1fc18086118012637bdc5a32c5ced1742d69dac
Geometry Nodes: Curve Primitive Star https://developer.blender.org/rB86c6769e203366d5f039869cb26e9f4d85ca205b
Geometry Nodes: Curve Primitive Spiral https://developer.blender.org/D11609
Geometry Nodes: Curve Primitive Quadratic Bezier Segment https://developer.blender.org/rBd3788207aae6e7a3546850a5d6e71ed552030cc0
Geometry Nodes: Curve Primitive Bezier Segment https://developer.blender.org/rB8884d2d61b3d60d44d4f8aecaba1d0fd121b0bf3
Geometry Nodes: initial attribute list for meshes https://developer.blender.org/rB6ce4d39e6bd585257845e29a3de4eb278b941fd3
Geometry Nodes: new Viewer node https://developer.blender.org/rB9009ac2c3d62e0d30d96b8d35ff5ff620cfe053b
Node Wrangler: change preview shortcut for geometry nodes https://developer.blender.org/rBA6a2c44135019377ae124a0b358c8539f64057c11

RIGGING
Constraints: support a new Local Space (Owner Orientation) for targets. https://developer.blender.org/rB5a693ce9e396f04d88140d8e015fcace7eddc6c2
Copy Transforms: implement Remove Target Shear and more Mix options. https://developer.blender.org/rBbc8ae58727bf078df1fc5803a9de5c9eb984aeb7

PYTHON
UI: Support setting operator properties for `UILayout.operator_menu_enum()` https://developer.blender.org/rB2ff714269e53f9a744242cd6c039ec65a47ec7ec

POTPOURRI
Build: upgrade NanoVDB library to latest revision
Tests: performance testing framework https://developer.blender.org/rBdc3f46d96b780260d982954578cac3bff74efd83

BRANCHES
CYCLES
Cycles X: Initial support of multi-GPU and GPU+CPU rendering https://developer.blender.org/rB8b4acade6c10d2978584e5819aace106046435f8
Cycles X: more complete support for volumes https://developer.blender.org/rB6e039b09f9a084b2e5045824244bc7ce62d8f7f6

VR
XR: Support haptic feedback for actions https://developer.blender.org/rB714224ee1ff6224d6334e2fc0e3da77a076d2b6e
VR: Add haptic feedback settings https://developer.blender.org/rBAa7085241a1686b89726830a56c34425fd8861971

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