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Geometry Nodes

Geometry Nodes is coming to Blender 2.92

The Blender development team has a project called Everything Nodes, which consists in creating a node based workflow for each of Blender main functionalities. One of the most exciting, the…
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Tissue addon

New Tissue for Blender 2.91 add-on v0.3.48 released

Alessandro Zomparelli just released a new version of his Tissue for Blender add-on. Tissue v.0.3.48 is now available for Blender 2.91 and features a new tool and a few fixes.…
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First OSArch splash image

OSArch starts new initiative to provide news and events for free software in the AEC industry

OSArch is a community of those who believe in creating a built environment with free software, increased transparency, and a more ethical approach. For 10 months, we’ve been helping build…
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Blender 2.91 released

New Blender 2.91 released with improved booleans, drawings, and bevels

Blender 2.91 has just been released! The fourth major release in 2020 is here to further improve the user experience, adding powerful new booleans, better cloth sculpting with support for…
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FreeCAD BIM

FreeCAD BIM development news update for October 2020

The FreeCAD BIM features have had another monthly summary of improvements by lead developer Yorik van Havre. For October 2020, we’re looking at new TechDraw patterns, new Draft styling controls,…
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VI-Suite manual

VI-Suite user manual released for environmental analysis with Blender

The VI-Suite user manual has been released and is now available on the documentation page on the website. The VI-Suite is an open-source add-on to the 3D modelling and animation…
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BlenderBIM Add-on release

New BlenderBIM Add-on release v0.0.201115

There’s been a new BlenderBIM Add-on release! The BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.201115 comes with 52 new features and fixes. The BlenderBIM Add-on is 100% free and open source software that lets…
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Pollination presentation

Ladybug Tools presents their vision for Pollination

Ladybug Tools has been working hard on creating a new cloud-based environmental simulation platform called Pollination. Pollination is unique compared to other cloud-based environmental simulation platforms in that it doesn’t…
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