Dev:Ref/Release Notes/2.64/More Features

Blender 2.64: More Features

Curves

• Add start and end bevel factor for curves, so now it's possible to make a bevelled curve which isn't fully covered with a bevel - r46291

Nodes

• Frame node gets more usable bounding-box behavior - r46884
• Node resizing has helpful mouse cursor indicators and works on all borders - r46884
• Node selection/active colors are themeable independently - r46884 - r46884
• Customizable background colors for nodes (useful for frames visual distinction) - r46884

Operators

• Python console: Add "Clear Line" operator to Console menu (shortcut: Shift+Return). Erases current line, but appends it to console history - r46465
• Python console: Add "Indent" and "Unindent" operators to Console menu (shortcuts: Tab, Shift+Tab), (un)indents current line independent of cursor - r47391
• Python console: "Copy to clipboard (as script)" operator, so you can copy input from a console for use in a textblock - r50029
  
• Text editor: add duplicate line operator - r46088
• UV Editor: add back lasso selection tool - r46008
• Add select similar for bones in edit mode - r46087

Physics

• Allow baking external smoke caches - r46025
• Support for moving smoke obstacles - r46050

Python

• Allow overriding window/screen/area/region context for running operators from python, this is useful to run an operator in a particular place in the UI - r46185, r46187
• Improve Sequencer's Python API - r46501

User Interface

• Add translation for Hungarian language - r46097
• File browser: list of system directories is now refreshed on pressing the refresh button or opening the file browser, in case e.g. a USB stick was inserted - r46770
• Add "Install Theme" button in user preferences - r46771
• Add back pose specials menu, also add back the ability to clear user transforms on all bones (not just selected - mango request - was possible in 2.4x) - r46343
• Add a solo mode for panels, CTRL+LMB on a panel header will close all other panels. r47098
• Info header: Toggle fullscreen button is now located inside a new "Window" menu, to clean up the header. The Window menu also contains an operator to duplicate the window and toggling the system console on Windows. r46128

Pose Mode

• Added align snap to vertices/edges/faces for bones in Pose mode.

Unsorted

• Add mipmap generation on GPU (saves upload and calculation time), could be accessed in User Preferences -> System/OpenGL - r47747
• Fix for 16-bit pngs which were only read with 8-bit precision - r46467
• 3D View: add Backface Culling option, to hide faces when seen from the back side - r47003