One significant limitation for motion graphic presets with #GeometryNodes will be removed in Blender 5.1: The font in the String to Curves node has an input socket now, so it can be controlled by a modifier. #b3d #devfund

The next Berlin Blender Meetup will be on Thursday 2025-11-27 at 5pm. If you want to be there, please join our berlin-meetup group in Blender Chat: chat.blender.org#/room/#berli... If you know #b3d users in Berlin, please let them know too.

There is a new blog post summarizing our last #GeometryNodes workshop which took place in Amsterdam the week after the Blender Conference. We discussed topics like assets, physics, volumes and more. #b3d #devfund code.blender.org/2025/10/geom...

Vivien and I worked on a storage system for her watercolors. It's the first time I ever did something like that. It was a great learning experience and we're quite happy with the result. Get some background info and the design files on my blog: jlucke.com/blog/waterco...

There will be lots of improvements related to nodes in Blender 5.0. Please give them a try and report bugs. #b3d #GeometryNodes #devfund Checkout the work-in-progress release notes, there's lots of cool stuff to discover! developer.blender.org/docs/release...

Blender 5.0 will come with support for volume grids in #GeometryNodes. There is a new blog post about it: code.blender.org/2025/10/volu... #b3d #devfund

Recently, I was thinking about how funding for donation based projects could be improved in general. After talking about it with a few people, it seemed like a good idea to share the thoughts more publicly. Have a look: jlucke.com/blog/relativ...

We just merged support for Bundles and Closures for #GeometryNodes. This simplifies building high level node group assets which remain very flexible. It also opens up many exciting future possibilities. See the blog post for more details. #b3d #devfund code.blender.org/2025/08/bund...

Blender 5.0 will come with new socket shape semantics, making them more compatible across different node tree types and allowing us to support lists and volume grids in #GeometryNodes in the future. #b3d #devfund code.blender.org/2025/08/new-...

There is a new blog post summarizing what we talked about in our recent #GeometryNodes workshop in Amsterdam. It covers various topics including dynamics, lists, curve mapping widgets, viewers, assets and more. #b3d #devfund code.blender.org/2025/07/geom...

I've started a blog to be able to share some projects I work on with my future self and curious others. It will mostly focus on stuff I do on my own time that might not be related to Blender. This site is still WIP, but two posts are up already. jlucke.com/blog/persona...

Next week Thursday (2025-07-03), 6-9 pm, we'll have our second Blender Meetup in Berlin this year. We'll meet in room MAR 0.007 of the TU Berlin (see link below). If you're interested in Blender, computer graphics and/or open source, feel free to drop by. #b3d

We recently improved the spreadsheet in Blender in multiple ways: * Context path moved to the side making space for menus. * Columns can be resized/reordered. * It remembers the order of columns. * Supports horizontal scroll wheel. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

Blender now automatically hides #GeometryNodes inputs if their usage depends on a menu input. This allows building higher level node groups without having to show all the inputs all the time. #b3d #devfund

We worked on improving the workflow for frame nodes in Blender. See the blog post below for more details. #GeometryNodes #b3d #devfund code.blender.org/2025/05/fram...

This week I wrote a couple of proposals for new Blender features. Feedback is welcome. See the thread below for individual links. #b3d #devfund Also, the document on declarative systems in #GeometryNodes is available on the blog now:

I wrote a document describing how we want to make it possible to build high level and easy-to-use node group assets for physics simulations and more. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes devtalk.blender.org/t/declarativ...

The Set Mesh Normal node has just been added to #GeometryNodes. It allows adding and modifying custom normals, opening up many new possibilities. #b3d #devfund

In three weeks I'll be at the Everything Procedural conference with Simon Thommes. There, we'll also give a #GeometryNodes workshop. #b3d #EPC2025

Besides being able to import data into #GeometryNodes, Blender 4.5 will have a much better foundation for accessing and exporting the evaluated geometry data via the Python API. #b3d #devfund docs.blender.org/api/4.5/bpy....

In Blender 4.5 one can import some file formats directly into #GeometryNodes: obj, stl, ply and csv (numeric data only). This can simplify some workflows quite significantly. #b3d #devfund

On Saturday we had a Blender meetup in the Berlin/Brandenburg area. We plan to do that again in a few months. If you want to be there next time too, feel free to join our group chat: chat.blender.org#/room/#berli... #b3d

Panels in node groups can now have a toggle in the panel header. This allows for more compact and cleaner looking node group assets. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

We just merged a new operator that turns evaluated geometry into separate objects that can be edited manually. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

The first meetup will happen on 2025-03-01 (Saturday) at 18:00. Please join our chat channel for more details: chat.blender.org#/room/#berli... #b3d

I want to organize an initial Blender meetup in the Berlin area. It's supposed to be open for users and developers alike. If that sounds interesting to you, please join the following Blender Chat channel or message me. #b3d https://chat.blender.org/#/room/#berlin-meetup:blender.org

Node inputs values are automatically grayed out now if it is detected that their value does not affect the output value. This works with various switch nodes and node groups that use them. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

Blender supports nested panels in node groups now. This allows making node groups more customizable without overloading users with too many options immediately. #GeometryNodes #b3d #devfund