Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules.

Announcements

• Texturing is one of the strategic targets for 2022. Find out more in this blog post on Layered Textures Design.

Modules & Projects

• Last Thursday was the first Pipeline, Assets & I/O meeting
• 2022-1-31 - 2022-02-14 Geometry Nodes Sub-Module Meetings

New Features and Changes

User Interface

• Allow swapping editors between two different windows (commit) (Harley Acheson)

Modifiers

• Disable GPU subdivision if autosmooth or split normals are used (commit) (Kévin Dietrich)
• Complex Solidify: improve constraints solver (commit) (Henrik Dick)
• Vertex Weight Mix: support Minimum and Maximum mix modes. (commit) (Alexander Gavrilov)

Curves

• Initial brush implementations for curves sculpt mode (commit) (Jacques Lucke)
• Use paint cursor in curves sculpt mode (commit) (Jacques Lucke)
• Add surface object pointer (commit) (Jacques Lucke)

Geometry Nodes

• Duplicate Elements Node (commit) (Johnny Matthews)
• Face is Planar Node (commit) (Johnny Matthews)
• Curves
  • Use simpler/faster “set” behavior for postion and handle position attributes (commit, commit) (Hans Goudey)

3D View

• NDOF (3D Mouse):
  • Make camera view/pan behavior optional (commit) (Campbell Barton)
  • Use 90 degree roll for NDOF (3D mouse) roll shortcuts (commit) (Campbell Barton)
• Keep the view orthographic when rolling 90 degrees (commit) (Campbell Barton)

Grease Pencil

• Simplify sample modifier improvements. (commit) (Yiming Wu)
• Line Art: Consistent backface culling behavior (commit) (Yiming Wu)

Weekly Reports

• Bastien Montagne
• Campbell Barton
• Germano Cavalcante
• Hans Goudey
• Jacques Lucke
• Jeroen Bakker
• Julian Eisel
• Kévin Dietrich
• Omar Emara
• Philipp Oeser
• Pratik Borhade
• Richard Antalik
• Sebastian Parborg
• Thomas Dinges