CAD vs. SDF Modeling – Pencil Holder Beginner Tutorial with Blender 3.3 + ConjureSDF

Описание: In this beginner-friendly tutorial, I recreate a simple plastic pencil holder using the ConjureSDF addon for Blender 3.3.
Originally, I modeled this object using FreeCAD's Part Design workbench in a classic CAD workflow.
Now, I’m following the same design steps using SDF (Signed Distance Field) modeling to explore the differences between parametric CAD modeling and SDF-based modeling.

Whether you're curious about how SDF compares to traditional CAD approaches or just want to dive into modeling with ConjureSDF, this video is a great place to start!

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Conjure SDF - ...to Mesh by alleyneStudio
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Note using ConjureSDF on Ubuntu 24.10:
In order to make the meshing work please create a symlinks like so:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so that points to /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.7.0
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so that points to /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so.1.1.0

00:00 Introduction
00:59 The base shape
08:31 Pencil and paper holder cutout
11:51 Pockets for office things
19:37 Creating the slope, edge rounding and adding thickness
26:50 Rounding edges
31:55 Comparing the two methods
33:16 Closing words