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Blender 2.40 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-and-improved dept.

LetterRip writes "Googles Summer of Code has born fruit with the Blender 2.40 release. Thanks to their support and the hard work of the coders they supported Blender has fluid dynamics simulation done by Nils Thuerey, a powerful inverse kinematics system done by Brecht Van Lommel, and much improved boolean tools done by Marc Freixas. Of course Blender has had a huge number of improvements aside from the work supported by Google. The animation system got a complete rewrite by Ton Roosendaal, as well as other major improvements like flive UV unwrapping LSCM, and a Modifier stack system. It also has seen greatly improved ease of use since the last Slashdot announcement addressing all of the complaints raised- things like 3d manipulators, full undo system, etc. There is also a quick start guide for new users, and nice video and written tutorials on new features and a fairly up to date manual."

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  1. Eat me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eat me

  2. Great... by dduardo · · Score: -1, Troll

    But does anyone know how to actually use the program? Why aren't they working on improving the interface? I can pickup a copy of 3dsmax or Maya and just start working without reading a single manual. Why can't the same be said for Blender?

    1. Re:Great... by Carthag · · Score: 0, Troll

      ARE YOU RETARDED? In the 7 minutes since this post was started, you decided not to read the summary and ask a question that was answered in there. No wonder Slashdot is falling apart. Also, fuck you moderators, you don't know how to mod anyway.

  3. No! You eat ME! the ALL of you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No! You eat ME! the ALL of you!

  4. Fine, I'll eat ALL of you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fine, I'll eat ALL of you!

  5. Re:Awesome by HeroreV · · Score: -1, Troll

    Try hitting the button that says "Preview" next time before you make a post.

  6. Re:No! You eat ME! the INFINITY+1 of you! by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: 0, Troll

    Two bored fags.
    1) Let's play a game: I make you a question. If you answer my chalenge, you can eat me. But if you fail, I'll eat you.
    2) Ok, bring it on!
    1) What's fluffy, has pointy ears, a tail, likes to drink milk and eat fish, and goes "MEOWN.."
    2) A frog!
    1) That's right! You win!!!