Signed Distance Functions

Last modified: 2025-03-10 21:12:28

• Implementations
• Blender-like
• Resources

Implementations

Mine

The first SDF-based CAD program?

• Isoform

OpenSCAD-like

Driven by programming:

• https://github.com/deadsy/sdfx
• http://implicitcad.org/
• https://libfive.com/studio/
• https://forgedthoughts.com/

Blender-like

These actually look really good, they just look like art tools rather than CAD:

• https://clavicula.link/
• https://sascha-rode.itch.io/sdf-modeler

Resources

• Inigo Quilez
• 2d polycurve SDF
• https://fornjot.app/blog/why-fornjot-is-using-boundary-representation/
• https://www.redblobgames.com/x/2403-distance-field-fonts/