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BLENDER TODAY #186
Blender 3.1.1 confirmed! Next week. https://developer.blender.org/T96241

GEOMETRY NODES
Geometry Nodes: Remove legacy node code https://developer.blender.org/D14353
Geometry Nodes: Add named attribute nodes behind experimental flag https://developer.blender.org/D12685
Curves: Port duplicate elements node to new data-block https://developer.blender.org/rB663bd38ed65eb08013677bab2e581bc384a29efe
https://developer.blender.org/T95443

ANIMATION
Animation: Blend To Default Implementation https://developer.blender.org/D9376

CYCLES
Cycles: change Scrambling Distance Multiplier to a soft limit https://developer.blender.org/D13580
Cycles: allow Adaptive Sampling with Scrambling Distance https://developer.blender.org/D13325
Cycles: Un-pause render when switching to rendered viewport https://developer.blender.org/rBae2172955785e22565e6893054d5659bac834470

UI/UX
UI: expose “Dolly View” in the menu https://developer.blender.org/rBf410efbda0d7f609c1aa4387ac1b7e0421e4bb86
Tweak Tool: supports select & tweak on LMB (with RMB-select key-map) https://developer.blender.org/rBbb735bd51807f2315558d8a2fa6fbd78a58f88f9
View 3D: multi-object pose selection no longer de-selects objects https://developer.blender.org/rB859c062a2a3083f53d801fce4b722dcc52482e7e
View 3D: move picking arguments into a struct & minor refactor https://developer.blender.org/rB5e5285baf621a0c225cb5fc06fcec6ffed8302d7
View 3D: refactor edit-mode meta-element selection https://developer.blender.org/rB2d4218739518dc3f706dea352a93b46c19a15ab1

OUTLINER
Outliner: Display buttons to edit library override properties https://developer.blender.org/D14268

GREASE PENCIL
GPencil Tools: Added mirror flip https://developer.blender.org/rBA80c14a2adc06c92620471b226a64a3540718dd71

PERFORMANCE
Overrides: From 1725 seconds (almost 30 minutes) to 45s. Add ‘multiple’ variant of ID relink function. https://developer.blender.org/rB7e06fc11b7cbf532bd8017b270f53e3a11f21523