Blender 5.1

A refinement-heavy release on the 5.x line, landing more than 350 fixes from a coordinated quality push alongside real pipeline features. Highlights for 3D and game artists include new Geometry Nodes Raycast and Bone Info nodes, a Grease Pencil fill workflow with hole support, and viewport, rendering, and animation performance gains. Libraries are aligned to VFX Reference Platform 2026.

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