Node Arrange

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New

• Added Arrange Node Trees for batch arranging all node trees in the .blend file.
• Added Recenter Node Trees for batch recentering all node trees in the .blend file.
• Added a new option for Recenter Selected for setting the origin of the node tree.

Improvements

• Reroutes now move left of nodes more to prevent obscured links.
• "Clear" has been renamed "Recenter" in the UI.

Fixes

• The sidebar tab no longer shows when there's no node tree in the editor.
• All operators are now disabled when the current node tree is linked from another .blend file, or undefined.

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Fixes

• Removed an old debug UI element that would fail to load.

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Improvements

• Nodes are partitioned into 'columns' better, giving multiple knock-on improvements:
  • Layouts are more compact.
  • Less reroutes are produced.
  • Crossings between links are reduced.
  • Nested frames now always reduce their parent frame's bounding box.
  • Up to 1.6x faster.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frames could intertwine.
• Fixed an issue where unnecessary reroutes, extremely close to outputs, could be created.

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Improvements

The arrangement logic has been completely overhauled:

• Links are now routed around nodes, dramatically improving readability.
• Crossings between links are now significantly reduced.
• The vertical placement of nodes has been improved.
• Node trees without an output node can now be arranged.
• Unused nodes are now arranged.
• Additional horizontal spacing is now added to prevent steep links.
• Nodes in a column are now centered horizontally.
• Arrange Selected now centers the new arrangement with the old center of selected nodes.
• Clear Locations now uses the center of the selected nodes to get the difference from (0, 0), if there's no selected active node.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Clear Locations would fail when there's no active node.

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New

• Clear Locations
  This operator moves the active node to (0, 0), and other selected nodes with it.

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Blender would hang on invalid links.

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Improvements

• Two nodes linked singly to each other now always align.
• Nodes linked singly to each other are now positioned better vertically.
• Unframed nodes with no nodes above them now always align.
• Image textures linked to principled BSDF and displacement nodes are now ordered better vertically.
• Frames now stack above/below other nodes and frames better.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where nodes could be excessively far down.
• Fixed an issue where frames wouldn’t be centred horizontally.
• Fixed an issue where nested frames could move beyond their descendant nodes.
• Fixed an issue where frames could overlap with unframed nodes.
• Fixed an issue where nodes could be in the same X location as their successors.
• Fixed an issue where reroutes could be obscured behind nodes at higher UI scales.

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Fixes

• Screen DPI is now accounted for.
• Resolution scale is now accounted for.

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where nodes could be slightly vertically misaligned.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause Blender to hang.

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Improvements

• Nodes linked singly to each other now align much more often.
• Nodes now better minimise the vertical lengths of their links.
• Frames now better minimise the vertical lengths of their links to non-children.
• Up to 1.3x faster.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where nested frames could move beyond their descendant nodes.
• Fixed an issue where frames nested more than 1 level deep could have excessively spaced out children.

Removals

• Options for Adjust Vertical
  Despite the name, these options only dealt with a small number of vertical adjustments. They’ve been removed to minimise confusion, and because the non-defaults gave poor results.

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Highlights

• Up to 250x faster.
• Nodes are now spaced consistently from each other.
• Frames are now accounted for.
• Only nodes that are selected are arranged now, allowing certain sections to be arranged separately.
• Node trees no longer move to (0, 0), and preserve their location instead.
• Arranging nodes in a node group no longer scrambles the nodes of other groups in the same material.
• Reroutes are now aligned with sockets.
• Improved UI.
• Redo is now supported.
• Nodes now move vertically to their linked neighbours.
• Unused nodes now move clear of used nodes.
• Nodes with an absolute X or Y value exceeding 100k are now arranged.
• The panel no longer disappears.

Removals

• Align Selected
  This operator was already covered by the native functionality of selecting nodes and pressing S+Y+0.

• Select Unlinked
  This operator’s functionality was too adjacent to Node Wrangler’s Delete Unused Nodes operator, and its association with ‘Node Arrange’ was tenuous.

• Exposed node properties
  On top of occasionally breaking, these had unclear utility.

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