You're reading from Procedural 3D Modeling Using Geometry Nodes in Blender Discover the node-based workflow for physics-based and procedural modeling using Blender 4.5 LTS

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781836203018

Length 428 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Blender

Concepts

Animation

Author (1):

Siemen Lens

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Table of Contents (32) Chapters

Preface

1. Part I: Familiarizing Yourself with the Node System

2. An Introduction to Geometry Nodes FREE CHAPTER

3. Understanding the Functionality of Basic Nodes

4. Must-Have Add-Ons for Building Node Trees

5. Part II: Creating a Mesh in the Geometry Nodes System

6. Making Use of Node Primitives

7. Distributing Instances onto a Mesh

8. Working with the Spreadsheet in Blender

9. Creating and Modifying Text in the Geometry Node Editor

10. Part III: Modifying Meshes and Curves in the Geometry Nodes System

11. Editing Curves with Nodes

12. Manipulating Mesh Using Geometry Nodes

13. Part IV: Hands-On Projects Involving Advanced Workflow Techniques

14. Creating a Procedural Plant Generator

15. Creating a Procedural Brick Wall Generator

16. Constructing a Procedural LED Panel

17. Part V: Best Practices to Improve Your Workflow

18. Tips and Tricks for the Geometry Node Editor

19. Troubleshooting the Most Common Problems in Geometry Nodes

20. Part VI: Familiarizing with the Simulation Zone

21. Introduction to the Simulation Zone

22. Experimenting with Points in the Simulation Zone

23. Creating a Procedural Fountain Using Points

24. Baking in the Geometry Node Editor

25. Part VIII: Intermediate Exercises to Improve Your Workflow

26. Simulating Bugs Crawling on Objects

27. Creating a Shrinkwrapping Simulation

28. Common Issues Users Experience with Simulation Zone

29. Unlock Your Book’s Exclusive Benefits

How to unlock these benefits in three easy steps

30. Other Books You May Enjoy

31. Index

Exercise – how to enable and install add-ons in Blender

If you have watched any Blender tutorials on YouTube or other tutorial platforms, you’ll have noticed that the Node Wrangler and GeometryNodesAttributeViewer add-ons are widely used because they offer a wide variety of handy tools that could be useful in any node editor inside Blender. In fact, every tutorial expects you to have at least Node Wrangler installed, so we really recommend installing the add-ons before continuing with this chapter and the rest of this book. Let’s first go over how to install and enable these add-ons!

We will first need to enable these add-ons for them to work since they’re not enabled by default.

Enabling add-ons

Let’s quickly cover how to enable the upcoming add-ons:

Let’s start by heading over to the Blender Preferences dialog inside Blender, which can be found in the Edit menu on top of your main Blender page. Once you are in Blender...