How do i create a cube with different coloured sides ?

[Jason Stirret]

As im sure you have become aware, there are usually a hundred different ways to do almost the same thing in C4D…this is just one way to do what you are asking.

You can assign a selection to each side and then assign a new material to each selection. So, select a side of the cube, and under the selection tab at the top go to the bottom and hit “set selection”. A diamond shape tag will appear next to you object in the object manager. Create a new material and make it whatever color you wish and drop it onto your object. The new mat will make the entire object that new material, so to have it show only on your selection click on your material tag. Click and drag your selection tag into the box titled “selection” this will make only that side of the cube whatever color you assigned.

Hope this helped!

[Sanjeev Ramanathan]

Or you can select the face of the side you want and drag the material and drop it directly on the selected face (not on the object in object manager), Set selection(triangle icon) will automatically created next to the material.

Cheers!

Bee.

[James Strong]

Hi James, here is one way that I have learned, though it is certainly not the only way or perhaps even the best. I am still a relatively new user myself. However these would be the steps I would take to quickly get desired effect.

This assumes you would not be using body paint and uv editing.

1. Create your cube
2. Make editable by pressing C
3. Select the use polygon tool (a fast way to scroll through until your at surfaces is by pressing enter)
4. create a new material and choose a color
5. repeat step 4 only with a new material and color
6. select a single surface of the cube and while it is highlighted drop on the cube
7. select another surface and use another material.

You can do this to as many separate selected faces as you like on any polygonal object. Have fun

[James Yau]

Thank you