[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting notes, May 12 2013

[Nahuel Belich]

Hello
Probably this is not the place to ask for a feature request but ill put my stone faec and trow it any ways :)

--Solidify modifier--
Add and control rim subdivisions

-Argument--
The creasing option its very usefull when we model using SubD, i  use it mainly when modeling organic solid surfaces(http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/19295  i dont have too many things published), but a great use of the solidify its to add depth to simple geometry, in this case lots of subdivision are needed to achive a soft and sharp crease, the other option its to apply the solidify and add subdivision manually, in order to use less subdivision to get a nice border,  see the image below.
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/51174


Thanks
Nahuel Belich


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 De: Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org>
Para: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org> 
CC: editors at blendernation.com 
Enviado: domingo, 12 de mayo de 2013 12:29
Asunto: [Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting notes, May 12 2013
 

Hi all,

Here's the notes from today's meeting in irc.freenode.net #blendercoders.

1) Blender 2.67 release review

- Not many critical bugs reported yet, apart from crasher in new Mesh 3D print toolbox. Freestyle also does awesome!

- Campbell Barton has a list of fixes (10-12) he'd like to see applied in the release branch though. He'll mail that to this list for review. To be safe, we probably will release a 2.67a then. Decision can be made next meeting.

2) Next release planning and targets.

The planning proposal:

- BCon1: May 08 (define targets, get branches reviewed & ready)
- BCon2: May 26 (add branches to svn, targets are defined)
- BCon3: June 09 (testing and fixing period)
- BCon4: June 22 (provide test builds, fixing only)
- BCon5: June 30 (svn frozen, release a few days after)

Candidate targets for 2.68:

- Multi-view (stereoscopic) render and display support.
- Upgrade to OpenEXR 2.0
- Motion tracking - 'auto key'.
- Cycles Ubershader' (combining diffuse, glossy, transparent, emission, fresnel)
- Pie menus
- Rigid Body constraint editing and visualization
- 3D Viewport render for Blender Internal
- Save and load "template" blend files (like managing multiple startups)
- Freestyle:
  http://www.geocities.jp/blenderyard/freestyle/svgwriter_b26/README.html
- Preserve vertex normals (for imported model renders)
- New Explode Modifier
  http://wiki.blender.org/index.php?title=User:Scorpion81
- Option for Solidify to give minimal thickness

OK... we'll be busy! :)

3) Other projects

- Ton Roosendaal confirmed we should formalize roadmap for 2.7x/2.8x series. He'll write something for review asap.

- On a 'major' release step we can also accept compatibility breakage for features.
Initial list of breaking is here:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Source/Development/Todo/Compatibility_Breaking


Laters,

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation  ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

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