SDF Modeler

This is such an amazing application. Using it makes 3D modelling fun again. Thank you for creating it.

In my opinion, It is still missing some important features. Right now, you can only perform linear and radial repetition on primitive shapes (sphere, cube, cylinder, polygon and prism). You cannot perform it on text shapes, splines or polygon groups.

Also, you can only perform x/y/z axis symmetry on single shapes. You cannot perform it on groups of shapes.

Could you please add the ability to perform linear and radial repetition on text shapes, splines and polygons. Could you please also add the ability to perform x/y/z symmetry to groups of shapes. Adding these features will make modelling all kinds of complex shapes a very easy task.

Hey, not sure if this is my GPU dying, or the linux version being sketchy, but this software likes to crash a good deal for me, specifically when the model does this:

It does whatever this is about 4/5 times I open the program. Switching between shapes has a 50/50 shot of either giving me a corrupted but much more cohesive version, or just going blank, in the latter case if I mess with the modifiers it freezes/crashes.

Linux Mint, newest kernel. RX 5700K GPU is a good few years old. The R9 3900X is slightly newer, but not much.

10/10 solid Tool for free! I am currently Building my own in house game engine to steamline my game development process. Sdf based models are a significant part of a game i had an idea for.

Wonderful little program! Looking forward to any new stuff.
Would love to see stuff like different shapes in splines, and maybe light sources and whatnot. And while I'm not familiar enough with SDF to know if it's possible, maybe some kind of way to determine which specific areas of a shape do or don't blend into the surrounding ones. Drag selection would be cool too, and animation would be the sickest thing.
Love it either way and hope to make lots of cool stuff with it.

I'm also having an issue with v0.6.4 [on Windows 11], but it's rather in the context of actually launching it. 

Prior versions don't have this issue, but from v0.6.2 and onward, the newly-added meshoptimizer.dll is preventing SDF Modeler from launching, followed by this error message in the screenshot (also in the fallback alt-text if the image doesn't load):

When this occurs, the file in question automatically gets deleted.

This occurred via the extracted folder where I was trying to launch it in, but I tested to see if this was only v0.6.4 or it's also versions before or after v0.6.1. From my testing, it only seems to be earlier versions from v0.6.2.

Hey, thanks for sharing this, I'm really liking it! 

I'm having some issues importing the exported .ply from version 0.6.4,

Blender fails because of the file not having any vertices, and online viewers aren't working either. I'm sure it's probably user error but any assistance would be appreciated. 

Really enjoying your modeler! Thanks for making it.

question dose it help creat models from scratch yes  or no?

凄く綺麗ですね

Is there any way to have a 'mirrored group'?  It seems currently that mirrored objects mirror around the origin of their parent, and I can see why that's useful, but if I have an entire group of shapes that I would like to move together, while also having them ALL be mirrored around the group's parent's origin, is that possible?

I get distortions when say you take a sphere add another sphere add subtract.the outer edges get jagged.not sure if thiers a way to increase the resolution like you can in Womp3d

First of all, I want to thank you for the great software.

I have a suggestion / feature request: could you add a hexagonal order option to the "Repetition Mode", or a modifier for the "Linear" mode that shifts every even row?

Thanks in advance!

Pleeeeease support OBJ Wavefront export format. It's the most used 3D Model exchange format on the planet. It's super simple text format.

Hi, I just wanted to say that this is the best SDF software I have ever used in my life. It's so incredibly intuitive and simple, yet so powerful. Thank you for making this. It's my go-to SDF software for everything!

What license is it under?

Thank you a lot for the great software!

This TV is rendered in Marmosert Toolbag.

Sascha you are amazing! Thank you so much for this. I got into SDF modeling because of you and I love it so much! I've only done a little bit with it so far, but every time I open SDF Modeler I'm just encouraged to create more.

The way I use it currently is to start in SDF, then export, import to Blender and manually retopologize, then sculpt from there. It's a bit tedious, but I really like using sdf like clay to make a base mesh for sculpting.

i just downloaded the sdf-modeler and it does not work properly.

when i open the modeler and add a second cube, define it as sphere and substract it, it shows only partial.. but not the subtracted part.. like on the image..

and GPU-Driver-Update didn't change anything. a benchmark test shows no errors...

even a friend has no idea what is happening...

Amazing tool, I have a question though: 

Is there a setting/slider where I can set the transparency/opacity of the object? (Not reference images, to be clear.)

Would you consider adding buttons for smooth panning and zooming (like Blender)? I'm using a Linux laptop and seems trackpad gestures aren't well supported and even with the new keymap and mouse settings, I have never been able to figure out how to pan anything, so I'm a bit restricted in what I can create.

omg! thank you for gifting the world SDF software that isn’t subscription or browser based! you are a true humanitarian - also I’m loving how improved it is even over the last few months!

Great tool ! Is there a way to add more points to the spline primitive so I can bend it? Thanks~

Unbelievably capable and intuitive modelling tool for free- try it.

Sasha is doing the community a great service by creating this. Native Linux and Mac is icing on the cake.

"In Search of gold, We found Diamond"

this new keymap feature on 0.6 made the workflow alot better for me, loving so much every update, amazing program, i wish i could give infinite stars for each update but they dont stack :/

Version 0.6 tested....and approved !!!

A BIG 👍 Thanks !

Can you take two primitive shapes turn them into a union or group them as a single primitive shape,and use that shape to subtract or intersect into a another primitive shape.or can you subtract a shape cut into another shape,and make that a union or a single shape,and use that single shape to subtract or intersect into another shape.Im coming from using womp3d

Hi Sascha!

the tool now is really strong at creature sculpting, but for hardsurface design I think there is still a last puzzle piece,the sub group or nest boolean group whatever call it.something like below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B5g8dKBeHg

is it possible to implement this in the future ? 

Hi Sascha.

Dan again 😉. Im using now a lot SDF Modeler now in conjunction to blender and found an easy way to texture more details with pictures and stencil painting above existing vertex colors, and as color attributes can now be preserved after voxel remeshing or quadriflow remeshing within blender itself, things gets more and more interesting now. I would like to express my gratitude for that.  

The only little very small limitation i should say is snapping rotations at increments of for instance 5 degrees to get perfect ortho orientations quickly. Instead of having to rotate on an axis, guessing the right acting axis, then entering...90, 45, 60, etc... afterwards in the corresponding column. In addition to the actual very appreciated reset rotation feature, that should be something huge for the user.

Thanks a lot Sascha for great works.

Have a nice day. Yours sincerely Dan.

I love it! This is the tool that I really needed for doing 3D solo game jams!

Have you considered open-sourcing it? Or maybe would you like to have some help?

very nice and simple to use out of all SDF  modelers i tried this is fav. One thing i have to complain but really more of a observation actually is that when you grope shapes and if you want to scale the group in only one axes you can't. 

hi! im amazed by the simplicity and perfection from this program, i wonder if there is any chance, one day, you make a "blender like" keys to press G to move the object, then press X or Y or Z to move and snap in the axis

Hi Sascha. I saw some requests about exporting formats, a big number of comments about classical triangulation export ones. But I was thinking... what about render image formats ? As I understand SDF Modeler is more about shaders isn't it ? As 3d in this case involves depth in some case I suppose, could  rendered image keep some information in a kind of "pass" maybe in a format that keeps it like HDR or more open one like EXR. I tried some apps using depth in relation with transforming 2d to 3d or mixing depths of 2 images in a 3d render even beeing polygonised afterwards... Are you planning to develop to render separeted "passes" in the future ? Or will you take another direction ? 

Thanks for your good (excellent should I say) job. Have a nice day.

Yours, Dan

App works great on OSX, so many thanks for that. Downloaded it and gave it a go without any instructions - made some decent progress for a first try. Great job, this could easily be a commercial app come v1.0.

Hi  Sasha.

Well, I've been testing the latest version this morning and wow! New amazing bridge feature and lot of good stuff going on. Such as spline tension, etc... And happily surprise to see a little ,  simple but so useful qol improvement : resetting the original position rotation and scale by the means of a button. So cool, thanks a lot ! Very fond of all that, good continuation !

Have a good day. Sincerely Dan.🤯👍

are there keyboard shortcuts? I can't find any if there are, and if there aren't, just adding a few would make this so much easier to use, especially if they are mappable. I keep pressing "g" when I want to move an object, lol. Great piece of software though! super excited to see how you develop it further!

hey, just saw this tool and it looks awesome. i downloaded it for a M3 mac with Sonoma. i cant seem to open the application "You can’t use this version of the application “SDFModeler” with this version of macOS.". Unless i go into the package contents and open it from there. Any tips?

a couple of things i made within the first couple of hours of using this amazing program.

i absolutely love the way sdf modeling works. it feels so natural and controllable, i believe this paired with some sort of automatic retopology technique, maybe ai? could be the future of 3d modeling!