Maxon Tip 327: How to unleash the power of numeric input fields in Cinema 4D

i had this problem for ages, but it seems nobody else.now i found a solution. At least in the universal material control the metallness with an extra node (float, image, … ). Then the function „solo texture“ also works in metall materials for roughness,. bump, and so on. Cinema 4D R23, Octane 2020.1.5-R4

double-click on the button in „edit palette“-mode

( You can create a shortcut to the script )

Instead of trying to model the knots yourself

I saw this quad-solution somewhere a long time ago and can´t find it anymore, so i tried to replicate it.How to make the threads .. i think there are enough other tutorials out there.

I have never used before a railspline in a sweep-object … so here is how it works. This is a sweep object with a regular profile-spline and a spline for the extrusion and its deformed because the profile rectangle is trying to get along with the b-spline and it looks kind of messy . thats…