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:

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.

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.

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.

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The second post is about how I got into sourdough bread baking:

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.

You may also want to join our channel on Blender Chat: . Location:

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

Commits:.* Move context path: * Persistent table layouts: * Column reordering: * Column resizing:

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

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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.

Group Defaults node:

Sticky Viewer nodes:

Context input nodes:

Progress dialog for slow blocking operations:

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.

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