COLLISIONS - LIVE #217

BlenderToday is a weekly live show highlighting the latest news in Blender development, the community, and Q&A. Streaming from the Blender HQ in Amsterdam since 2018, hosted by Pablo Vazquez. Support Blender by joining the Development Fund #b3d #BlenderToday * Music by  @Thaehan  -- BLENDER TODAY #217 Weekly updates: Geometry Nodes: Edges to Face Groups Node Geometry Nodes: use smooth normals in Distribute Points on Faces node Geometry Nodes: improve parallelization in Delete/Separate Geometry node Geometry Nodes: Add option to hide input in modifier Geometry Nodes: Experimental option for Volumes Assets: Implement viewport drag and drop for geometry nodes CYCLES Cycles: MetalRT optimisation for subsurface intersection queries EEVEE Next Initial implementation of virtual shadow maps CURVES Curves: initial surface collision for curves sculpt mode Curves: Add box selection Curves: Add lasso and circle select Curves: Add select pick operator ] Curves: Add select linked Modifiers: measure execution time and provide Python access Gizmo: add gizmos for spot and point light radius UI UI: add camera passepartout color to theme Keymap: support default shortcut to toggle overlays in all space-types Fix #80307: Underline shortcut not working in enum context menus UI: Make text nomenclature and ordering consistent Subdivision Surface: fix a serious performance hit when mixing CPU & GPU. FIXES Python: Suppress BGL deprecation messages after 100 times Release: support generating LTS release notes from Gitea