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@SpectralVectors SpectralVectors released this 11 Oct 14:36
· 12 commits to main since this release
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Redesigned the Animation workspace, it now features a 4-square design:
Top Left: Graph Editor
Bottom Left: NLA Editor
Top Right: 3D Viewport with minimal overlay
Bottom Right: Dopesheet
and, across the bottom of the screen, the Timeline.

I also added in a Geometry Nodes tab, because it felt like a serious oversight.
Renamed 'File Manager' to 'File Data'
Tweaked 'Model / Sculpt' by re-adding the Status Bar, 'UV / Texture' by moving the Tool Settings to the bottom of the screen.
'Material / Shader' no longer features a text editor.
'Script' has been purged of old text data.

KNOWN ISSUES:
1 - If you switch between BLUi and regular Blender without closing Blender first, it can corrupt keymaps. I'm not sure what's causing it yet, it could be that the addons I'm using in my template aren't being unregistered before the Default scene gets loaded, but I haven't been able to fix it, and it's not present if you close Blender and reopen it.
It can also be fixed by resetting to Factory / Saved Preferences, but of course, that only works if you've already saved your prefs!

2 - The first time you run BLUi, if you don't have the addons pre-installed, the installation process can take some time. Sometimes, if you click File > New > BLUi multiple times without closing Blender, after having performed the first time setup process, it will redownload and install the addons every time. This can be fixed by closing and reopening Blender.