Blender 4.2 LTS: Modeling & UV
Customizable rotation snap increment added for Transform tool
(060174cf14 ).
The 'Absolute Grid Snap' option has been replaced with a new snap mode: Snap to Grid.
(f0479e915f ). If combined with Snap to Increments it allows for 3D Volume Grid Snap.
Modifiers
New option to pin modifiers to the bottom of the stack (7ee189416c )
New operator, Shade Auto Smooth, to quickly add a Smooth by Angle modifier and pin it to the bottom of the stack (2f289857af )
Moved Normal Edit and Weighted Normal modifiers to new Normals menu (b0eb48c4dc )
UV Editing
The Edge and Vert Slide operators have been ported to the UV Editor
(aaadb5005e ).
The Set Snap Base feature (key B ) have been enabled in the UV Editor
(a56a975760 ).
Curves Editing
Curves edit mode draws evaluated curves and handles now (15dbfe54e4 ).
Support converting curves types (23265a2b6d , 3f2c4db951 ).
New Add menu to insert some primitive curves (549d02637a ).
New operator to set the handle type for bezier curves (549d02637a ).
New operator to subdivide curves (548df007a5 ).
New operator to switch direction of curves (6c25c66194 ).
New operator to toggle whether curves are cyclic (d315a6a793 ).
New option to only draw onto selected objects in "project to surface" draw mode (241c19a57a ).