New: Mesh from Strands proxy object Scattering by Strand Groups
New: Significant speed increase in Push Away from Surface operator
Fixed: Using the output of a mesh to drive a distribution mesh triggers an infinite evaluation loop
Fixed: Wrong deformations on grounded strands generated by HFMS
Fixed: Grounding fails on meshes with topology-changing deformation
Fixed: Alembic export issues
Fixed: Referencing BakedHairNode stores too much data
Fixed: Assert when exporting namespaced objects to multiple Alembic files
Fixed: BakedGuides: Alembic files will not load until the scene is saved and reloaded

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)