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Blender 5.2 LTS Released with New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Other Changes
Highlights of Blender 5.2 LTS include a brand new Fill tool, a new Bevel node, new Geometry bundles, a new Sample Sound node to pull frequency data from audio files, support for Geometry nodes in empty objects, and support for node-based physics simulations powered by Geometry nodes.
This release also introduces a new Thin Wall mode in Principled BSDF to render leaves, paper, and other meshes with minimal thicknesses in a more photoreal way, and support for hosting libraries remotely, browsing them inside Blender, and downloading assets on demand.
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Blender 5.2 Released as New LTS with 2 Years of Support
Blender, the popular 3D creation software, released new 5.2 version yesterday.
The new version of this free open-source software is a new Long Term Support release that will have 2 years support until July 2028.
It features a new Sample Sound Frequencies node and Sound socket allowing to load sound files directly into the node system, and hear the audio while previewing the animation by adding to the Video Sequencer and enable “Sync to Audio” in playback settings.
It also introduced Mesh Bevel mode allows to create adjustable, automatic edge rounding/chamfering in Geometry Nodes, new node-based physics (XPBD Solver) for customizable hair and cloth simulations, as well, it allows to attach bundles to geometry and keep it with the object as it moves through your workflow.