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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · 7d

Bounded rendering in #ConjureSDF v0.3, a free update to support Blender 4.5+

Full release later this month.

Speeds up rendering by only caring about pixels covered by the bounds of SDF groups.

#blender3d #b3d #blender #3dart #3dmodeling

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 31

Hard to believe that #ConjureSDF released exactly a year ago today!

Never could I have expected the level of response that Conjure received. Thank you all so much🙏💚

Here's a look back at all the progress, and a slight look ahead👀

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 31

You definitely have a point. While a lot can be done with the existing mesh output, cleaner/more optimized geo would of course be great.
Even if you combine it with BQR or quadremesher, results are not ideal. I have plans to improve on this though, with better low poly output options🫡

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 31

v0.3 should release near the end of the summer!
It'll be a free update, included in the Public Alpha

João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 31

Working on implementing cubic bezier primitives for #ConjureSDF v0.3, a from the ground up rewrite for Blender 4.5+ 👀

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 30

Continuing on #ConjureSDF v0.3, a from the ground up rewrite for Blender 4.5+

Rendering SDFs at a lower resolution gives a proportionally larger increase in performance.
for ex. at 75% resolution, performance can be up to 2x higher.

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 29

still #ConjureSDF v0.3, a from the ground up rewrite for Blender 4.5+

Custom outlines, multiple selection, and visualization of non solids. The devil is in the details👁️

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 28

More #ConjureSDF v0.3, a from the ground up rewrite for Blender 4.5+

Implemented direct SDF selection via GPU compute. No more annoying mesh proxies preventing you from selecting what you actually wanted!

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · May 27

Slowly working on #ConjureSDF v0.3, a from the ground up rewrite for Blender 4.5+

Per primitive colors have been on my to do list for a long time, but other features sadly always took priority. But not anymore👀

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Karl Poyzer @karlpoyzer.bsky.social · May 15

More alien gadget.

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Karl Poyzer @karlpoyzer.bsky.social · May 14

Couple of hump-day drones. #b3d

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Jan 4

github.com/JohnKazucki/...

Contributions/Forks are very much encouraged! Manifold is intended to be a learning resource.

GitHub - JohnKazucki/Manifold: rendering engine for Blender 4.3

rendering engine for Blender 4.3. Contribute to JohnKazucki/Manifold development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Jan 4

As part of the 4.3 upgrade for #ConjureSDF I've made a simple rendering engine to understand all the API changes. I've dubbed it #Manifold

It's free, open source, for anyone to pick apart👀
Available on Github, link in the replies👇

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 22

ConjureSDF v0.2.3 is available at the links below:

Gumroad
johnkazart.gumroad.com/l/csdf

Blender Market
blendermarket.com/products/con...

And if you haven't seen the recent update video yet, that's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdz_...

ConjureSDF | Public Alpha v0.2.2 - What's New?

YouTube video by João Desager

www.youtube.com

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 22

v0.2.3 for #ConjureSDF is out now!
A very small update that just fixes a few key bugs with the scene upgrade, etc.

Available on Gumroad and Blendermarket below👇

Next up, Blender 4.0+ support (for real this time)

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 20

As part of the 4.3 upgrade for #ConjureSDF I'm working on a simple triangle based rendering engine.

I'm using this to get to grips with the new rendering API. And to validate potential macOS support👀

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Peter Conlin | Looking for work! @peterconlin.bsky.social · Nov 24

Robot miner

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 15

ConjureSDF v0.2.2 is available at the links below:

Gumroad
johnkazart.gumroad.com/l/csdfmroad....

Blender Market
blendermarket.com/products/con...

Get caught up with the new update video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdz_...

ConjureSDF | Public Alpha v0.2.2 - What's New?

YouTube video by João Desager

www.youtube.com

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 15

v0.2.2 for #ConjureSDF is out now!
It adds several new primitives, blend flipping and various small bugfixes/changes.

Available on Gumroad and Blendermarket below👇

Next up, Blender 4.0 support👀

#blender3d #b3d #blender #3dart #3dmodeling

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 11

Doodling around in #ConjureSDF
Best way to hunt for issues is by using the tools😎

Update v0.2.2 is releasing this week👀

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 3

New blending variants coming to #ConjureSDF in v0.2.2

Inset can now be flipped into an Outset. And flipping Unions results in an avoid-esque behaviour👀

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 3

No rush at all! I understand people are very excited!
I hope to get v0.2.2 out before the end of this month🙏 Just in time for the holidays.

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Dec 2

All the new primitives coming to #ConjureSDF in v0.2.2

3 brand new shapes + 2 chamfered variants👀
Expect many more shapes with the blender 4.2+ update (v0.3.0)

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Nov 10

Advertise your account with one animation📹

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João Desager @johnkazart.bsky.social · Nov 10

Adding chamfered primitive variants for #ConjureSDF v0.2.2

Somehow it's been over a year (!?) since I last added more primitives. But expect more shapes soon👀

#blender3d #b3d #blender #3dart #3dmodeling

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