{"id":37815,"date":"2022-03-10T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=37815"},"modified":"2022-03-10T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:02:35","slug":"blender-3-1-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/blender-3-1-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender 3.1.0 Released with Metal GPU backend, Multi-thread Support for Geometry Nodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-35985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blender-icon1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The free open-source 3d modeling software, Blender released new major 3.1.0 version a day ago.<\/p>\n<p><b>Blender 3.1.0 introduced new Metal GPU backend<\/b> for the Cycles renderer, contributed by Apple. It currently works on M1 computers running macOS 12.2+, and Apple computers with AMD graphics cards running macOS 12.3 or newer.<\/p>\n<p>The release also has big <b>performance improvements to Geometry Nodes<\/b>. Many nodes are now multi-threaded. Medium loads up to 10x faster. Memory usage reduced up to 100x in large fields.<\/p>\n<p>Other features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instances can now have own dynamic attributes!<\/li>\n<li>Support for Pixar OpenSubDiv<\/li>\n<li>Copy Global Transform add-on<\/li>\n<li>The Fill tool now allows negative values.<\/li>\n<li>GPU acceleration support for Subdivision modifier.<\/li>\n<li>Faster OBJ, FBX export.<\/li>\n<li>Image editor now handle much larger images<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/3-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release note for more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-600x333.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-600x333.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-768x427.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310.webp 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Blender 3.1.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Method 1: Blender Snap.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to install the latest Blender is using the Snap package. It&#8217;s official, and can be installed directly from Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter-600x371.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter-600x371.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter-768x475.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blender310-softwarecenter.webp 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Software sucks. It may not load apps sometimes. To workaround it, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal and run command to install the Snap package:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo snap install blender --classic<\/pre>\n<p><b>Method 2: Blender Linux Tarball.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For those don&#8217;t like the universal Snap package, Blender website also provides the &#8216;<b>.tar.xz<\/b>&#8216; Linux tarball.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Blender<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After download the &#8216;Blender-3.1.0-linux-x64.tar.xz&#8217; package, just extract and run the executable to launch the software. Or, you may follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/blender-3-0-released-install-tarball\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">step by step guide<\/a> to add app shortcut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The free open-source 3d modeling software, Blender released new major 3.1.0 version a day ago. Blender 3.1.0 introduced new Metal GPU backend for the Cycles renderer, contributed by Apple. It currently works on M1 computers running macOS 12.2+, and Apple computers with AMD graphics cards running macOS 12.3 or newer. 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