It feels like so many tutorials are just step-by-step guides and don’t explain the WHY and HOW behind geometry nodes. How do geometry nodes actually work in Blender and how do you know when to use them?

The goal of this video is to bring a new perspective to geometry nodes so that you can be confident as you build your next creation.

00:00 Why?
02:13 Without Geometry Nodes
06:00 With Geometry Nodes
07:12 "The Philosophy"
13:05 Recreate the stitch
20:44 Recreate instance along the curve
27:21 Attributes
33:04 Rabbit hole #1 (scene time & text geometry)
36:38 Drivers
42:10 Extrude a face
43:18 Shade smooth
50:15 Join geometry
53:06 Groups
57:14 Garbage collection
58:06 Group inputs/outputs
1:00:05 Switches (if-else logic)
1:07:00 Rabbit hole #2 (references & fake users)
1:11:30 You're an addon developer
1:17:46 Input defaults
1:18:54 Materials
1:22:52 Up next