BlenderToday is a weekly live show highlighting the latest news in Blender development, the community, and Q&A. Streaming from the Blender HQ in Amsterdam since 2018, hosted by Pablo Vazquez. Support Blender by joining the Development Fund https://fund.blender.org #b3d #BlenderToday * Music by  @Thaehan  -- BLENDER TODAY #217 Weekly updates: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/13-february-2023-upcoming-finalized-at-19-00-cet/27530 Geometry Nodes: Edges to Face Groups Node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104428 Geometry Nodes: use smooth normals in Distribute Points on Faces node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104414 Geometry Nodes: improve parallelization in Delete/Separate Geometry node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104563 Geometry Nodes: Add option to hide input in modifier https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104517 Geometry Nodes: Experimental option for Volumes https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104552 Assets: Implement viewport drag and drop for geometry nodes https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104430 CYCLES Cycles: MetalRT optimisation for subsurface intersection queries https://developer.blender.org/rB2d994de EEVEE Next Initial implementation of virtual shadow maps https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/94d280fc3f4 CURVES Curves: initial surface collision for curves sculpt mode https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104469 Curves: Add box selection https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104411 Curves: Add lasso and circle select https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104560 Curves: Add select pick operator https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104406 ] Curves: Add select linked https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104569 Modifiers: measure execution time and provide Python access https://developer.blender.org/rB8adebaeb7c3c Gizmo: add gizmos for spot and point light radius https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104410 UI UI: add camera passepartout color to theme https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104486 Keymap: support default shortcut to toggle overlays in all space-types https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7e8153b07de Fix #80307: Underline shortcut not working in enum context menus https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104433 UI: Make text nomenclature and ordering consistent https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104493 Subdivision Surface: fix a serious performance hit when mixing CPU & GPU. https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104441 FIXES Python: Suppress BGL deprecation messages after 100 times https://developer.blender.org/rB4bd3b02984 Release: support generating LTS release notes from Gitea https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/104402 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-JXlHXC9qE

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