Almost everyone likes the design-related software industry 3D modeling, for which we have a multitude of solutions. One of the most popular in this regard is the program known as Blender, which has also just received a major update.
We only count this because its developers just released Blender 2.93 a few hours ago. As you may know, this is a free, cross-platform, open source 3D modeling software for Linux, macOS and Windows platforms . As is usual in these cases, with the new update, we are going to receive numerous news and improvements that the new Blender 2.93 brings.
To start with all this, we will tell you that perhaps one of the most important is the fact that this is an LTS version, also known as Long Term Support . This means that this version will be supported for the next two years, which in turn means that it can be used for long-term projects. As its creators let us know, Blender 2.93 LTS marks the end of a series of more than 20 years of work. With this release you want to pave the way for the next generation of open source 3D modeling.
What’s new in the update for layout
Besides being an LTS version, Blender 2.93 offers us a new spreadsheet editor integrated into the program. This will greatly help us to analyze meshes and point clouds more precisely.
On the other hand, there is also a new filling tool, another to manage depth of field, and a faster volumetric tool. At the same time, we are going to find a more advanced support for area lights and soft shadows. It is important to know that this new version makes it easy to create, enlarge and adjust masks or sets of faces. It also adds support for the preview of patterns in real time and support for the automatic creation of masks by individual parts.
Another section that receives improvements is Cycles, since it adds persistent data support to keep your files during animations. In Blender 2.93 we find a geometry node editor that has 22 new nodes to create more flexible modifiers. This dramatically improves the ability to create mesh circles, cones , cubes, cylinders , spheres, etc. In addition, all this without having to leave the editor.
Blender 2.93 improves your overall performance
To all that has been mentioned, we add that Blender 2.93 comes with significant improvements in terms of its performance. One reason is that it now allows complex shapes to be divided into multiple simpler objects . At the same time it automatically generates Grease Pencil lines around objects, it completely revamps the Interpolation operator for a more flexible workflow with support for editing multiple frames.
Other noteworthy changes are the ability to import SVG files as objects which can then be exported to vector graphics. So we can use them in solutions like Inkscape or similar.
To finish we will tell you that the new version, Blender 2.93 LTS , can now be downloaded from this link .
