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Cactus Dan
January 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Problems with Constraints in Cinema 4D R13

Howdy,

Most folks try to over analyze these kind of setups, when they’re usually quite simple to set up with IK.
https://www.cactus3d.com/HingeMechanism.mov

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Cactus Dan
November 28, 2011 at 6:05 pm in reply to: Soft Body or cloth with a pinned edge

Howdy,

You can animate the Influence parameter of the Belt tag to get the result you want.

That’s what I did for the pyramid object in this example:
https://www.cactus3d.com/PinnedCloth.mov

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
http://www.cactus3d.com
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Cactus Dan
October 25, 2011 at 1:22 pm in reply to: Adding camera bounce on spline to give impression of running

Howdy,

The file you uploaded doesn’t have a spline in it.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Cactus Dan
October 24, 2011 at 1:29 pm in reply to: Adding camera bounce on spline to give impression of running

Howdy,

You can change the amount of bounce by changing the Amplitude slider on the Camera Root null object.

Amplitude, Frequency and Speed are the parameters in the formula for a sine wave. There are 2 sine wave formulas in the Xpresso setup, one for the X and one for the Y. The Frequency User Data is a vector (XYZ) so each sine wave formula has it’s own frequency parameter you can adjust. But the Amplitude and Speed User data are common for both sine wave formulas.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Cactus Dan
October 21, 2011 at 11:52 am in reply to: Adding camera bounce on spline to give impression of running

Howdy,

The easiest way is to drop the camera into a Null object and align the Null object to the spline instead of the camera. At that point the camera can be animated with a simple Xpresso setup using a formula for a sine wave to drive the X and Y positions of the camera:
https://www.cactus3d.com/CameraShake.zip

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
http://www.cactus3d.com
http://www.cactus3d.com/Plugins.html
Cactus Dan
September 11, 2011 at 12:42 pm in reply to: character rigging

Howdy,

When it comes to problems with rigging, it’s always best to post your file so someone can take a look. Rigging can get quite complicated and you could have other issues that are actually causing the problems.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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http://www.cactus3d.com/Plugins.html
Cactus Dan
September 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm in reply to: loop animation in cinema 4d

Howdy,

That tutorial was for R9. Since R10, there are options in a track’s Attributes Manager named “Before” and “After”. Their default is set to “Constant”. If you want a looping animation, set it to “Repeat”. You can have it repeat either Before, After or both depending on how you need the animation to loop.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Cactus Dan
July 10, 2011 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Hand rigging

Howdy,

Make the finger IK handles children of the wrist joint.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
http://www.cactus3d.com
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Cactus Dan
May 14, 2011 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Adding a weapon to a rigged character

Howdy,

Normally, I’d parent a Null object to the hand joint and then PSR constrain the weapon to the Null object.

If the character needs to hold the weapon with both hands I’d do the same thing as above, then I’d parent another Null object to the weapon, positioned where the other hand needs to hold it, and then PSR constrain the other hand’s controller to that Null object.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Cactus Dan
May 10, 2011 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Stuck on uniform scale

Howdy,

Well, fully understanding the difference between the Model tool and the Object tool will help you know when to use one or the other. The main difference is when scaling. With the Model tool, scaling only affects the size of an object’s geometry, but its axis scale remains 1,1,1. This is the same as going into points mode and selecting all points and then scaling them. But, the difference with using the model tool is that it not only scales the geometry of the selected object, but it also scales all of the object’s children’s geometries. So the Model tool’s only useful feature is in scaling hierarchies’ geometries while maintaining all axes scales at 1,1,1.

Personally I rarely use the Model tool, and in fact, I’ve set Cinema 4D to default to the Object tool by starting CInema 4D with an empty project, selecting the Object tool and then saving the empty project to the root directory of Cinema 4D and naming the file “New.c4d”. That way every new scene created will have the Object tool as the default tool.

If I need to scale a hierarchy of objects, I use the Object tool and then freeze the scale transformation with my CD Freeze Transformation command in my CD Transfer Tools plugin. This is the typical workflow of most other 3D applications such as Maya or 3DS Max, which don’t have an equivalent to Cinema 4D’s Model tool. My scaling workflow with my plugin is a bit more predictable for me.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

Cinema 4D R10 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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