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

If you have to render an object with different materials, you can either change everytime the material by hand or you can use this little xpresso script and „takes-manager“ to automate your renders. There are for sure other methods, but this works quite well for me. (In my case i had like 30 different products…

If you have Problems navigating or configure your spacemouse in Cinema4D, try to start Cinema4D and at the same time 3DConncexion Home / Settings / advanced Settings (or something like that) . Now the advanced Settings for Cinema4D show up and you can change things. If C4D is active or otherwise it will change another…

Grober Arbeitsablauf: Denn Motorradhelm habe ich mit Photogrammetrie digitalisiert und dann in Cinema 4D als FBX importiert. Mit ein paar Referenzen von der Lego-Animation-Serie gings an das Modellieren des Visiers und der zusätzlichen 3D-Teile am Helm. 3dee.at in Wien hat mir die Anbauteile dann mit FDM/FLM Material ausgedruckt, … schleifen, spachteln und nochmal schleifen. Zum…

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

One method i use quiet often is to align an object with the workplane. In this example i want to align the cylinder to the cube. Align the axis of your objects first if you have a specific target! Select your target object, go to „Tools – Workplane – Align Workplane to Selection Set X,Y,Z…