Creative COW | David Hutchinson | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/davidh5/activity/ Activity feed for David Hutchinson. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:42:44 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 3bd48c9a048391202cfebf9a851149bc David Hutchinson started the discussion Making arcs with an exact radius and angle in the forum Maxon Cinema 4D https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/making-arcs-with-an-exact-radius-and-angle/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:45:37 +0000 Making arcs with an exact radius and angle

My foray into Cinema 4D is to build models to 3D print for model railways – specifically Hornby 00 gauge. Today I tried to make a railway station platform that would follow the curved line of a R609 piece of track which is 505mm radius and 45°. Modelling the shape I have mostly mastered, but it never comes out at the right curvature when…

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]]> 74f3eab8b22b2644df90bbb3a0caa1ac David Hutchinson replied to the discussion Cinema 4D Dimensions in the forum Maxon Cinema 4D https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/cinema-4d-dimensions/#post-2468701 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:38:45 +0000 Reply to Cinema 4D Dimensions

Thank you so much for that!

]]> 7689a4390db8ff8cd2ac7af3f56a9ec2 David Hutchinson started the discussion Cinema 4D Dimensions in the forum Maxon Cinema 4D https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/cinema-4d-dimensions/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:20:50 +0000 Cinema 4D Dimensions

Hi guys, one thing has me continually stumped. After an object is made editable, how on earth can you find its size? For example, if I create a cube, set the dimensions to 140 x 20 x 40, press ‘C’ and then use the Knife to dissect it is make it a wedge, I cannot see any way to now find what the dimensions are to alter them – say make it 150 rather than 140

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