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Node Tools in Blender 4.0

Blender 4.0 released with the new node tools feature. Here are a few simple setups to try.
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  • 16 Nov 2023
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Blender 4.0 released a few days ago and besides being involved with the development I helped out with making an introduction video showcasing the new Node Tools feature.
In the process of trying to come up with a well balanced use-case I made a few (rather random) tools that I don't want to just have sitting on the hard drive. At the same time, they are also not really polished so I thought I'd share them here in a small blog post.

In case you haven't seen the introduction video to Node Tools yet, you can check it out here:

Also make sure to check out all the other new features in Blender 4.0 with the fantastic release notes page if you haven't yet:
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-0/

Example Tools

Here the assortment of small tools that came out of this.

Download the example file:

node_tools-example_zoo.blend
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Ahmad Khouja
Ahmad Khouja
Jan. 31st, 2024

very cool

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