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Drag it into graph 🙂

What's new in Cinema 4D 2024 New in 2024.0 Redshift is now the default renderer in Cinema 4D. Innovations in the simulation systems Another component of the simulation system: the new Rigid Bodies. Many characteristic spline rope parameters such as Strechiness, Friction, etc. can be defined by a Vertex Map at the point level. A specific graphics card can be selected for simulation calculation. Innovations in the Pyro simulation A Pyro emitter can now also use particles, points and MoGraph matrices. The emission volume of Pyro can be automatically faded out at the edges. Low-resolution Pyro caches can be subsequently subdivided more finely and distorted with noises. Any simulation image of the Pyro simulation can be defined as an initial state. The initial state of a Pyro simulation can be controlled individually for each property via volume objects. The colors of a Pyro simulation can be assigned with temporal falloff and smoothing. The fuel of a Pyro simulation can be assigned buoyancy. Pyro turbulence is smoothed by default. The calculation of Pyro velocities can be limited to areas of simulated density and temperature to save memory. Multiple Pyro caches can be managed simultaneously in one simulation and easily switched. Modeling innovations The Projection Deformer projects geometry onto any object. Selections can be repeated at will with the Pattern Selection. Subdivision Surfaces have a new mode Linear Pre-Subdivision. Brush/Magnet have a new mode Surface Smear. Point and polygon numbers can now be displayed in the viewports. Innovations with vertex normals The Normal Editing Manager can be used to edit vertex normals. The Vertex Map manager VAMP can now also transfer Vertex Colors and surface normals. The Phong tag can take polygon areas and angles into account during automatic vertex normal generation. Pose Morph can now morph vertex normal directions. New features for Nodes and Assets Note Nodes allow comments to be written directly into the Node Editor and to be customized in size and color. Scaffolds allow you to highlight sections of a Node setup with a colored background. The Break Spline Modifier Asset provides several methods for dividing splines into individual segments. The Electric Spline Modifier Asset can be used to calculate flashes and spline bundles. The Connect Node combines any number of single geometries and geometry arrays into a single geometry. The Generate Tangent Node can calculate a pair of tangents for controlling spline curves. The Create normals if missing Node automatically calculates Phong normals for a mesh geometry. The Modulo Selection Node provides new options for inverting and saving the selection. There are also new options for saving selections at these Selection Nodes: Select Facing, Select Bounding Box, Noise Selection, Non-Manifold and Random Selection. The Not Node inverts Boolean signals. The Clone onto Points Node duplicates any geometry onto the points of another geometry. The Explode Mesh Islands Node splits polygon islands and outputs them as separate mesh geometry. The Explode Spline Segments Node splits all spline segments and outputs them as separate spline geometry. The Transform Geometry Node is the further development of the Transform Element Node and has been accelerated in processing by orders of magnitude. Inputs and outputs to Assets and groups can be integrated directly into the setup as Nodes. Miscellaneous innovations The Align to Spline tag has some new options and can overshoot tangentially at the spline start/end. New VAMP calculation method can take UV islands into account. When Cinema 4D is started for the first time, the language of the operating system is now used.

pm request Resample spline : ) 206_Resample_spline.c4d

Unfortunate, but yes, for the moment, cutting functionality is not there so what you are after will require rebuilding topology which can be tricky, however, given that you will be seemingly working with quads it could be easier than antiicipated.

@Lasse Leon Sure, send it via pm, it will be treated confidentially, I can see with the devs if there are room for improvements

No way to say without scene file. If you are relucatant to post you cna also send it via pm

Bell curve asset 🙂 Thgere are some nice controls for it 89_Bell_Curve.c4d

Nice topic and effort @HappyPolygon, I took the effort and made the nodes version Chladni_Plate.c4d

Boat wake with fileds 146_Boat_wake(MG).c4d

Stellar work as usual, mother in law is right on the target 😄

Please attach the scene file

Here is some quasi unfolding with MoGraph 🙂 175_Poly_Folding(MG+XP).c4d

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You might want to post a wire shot depicting loop structure, this can lead to some good advices 🙂

sheeseh that is great 🙂

Mesh only. You can peek into the asset. Spline distributions are separate

PM request, folding but on spline path 🙂 158_Curved_folding(MG XP).c4d

@HappyPolygon Here is a quick recursion setup that can get you going : ) try.c4d

Yes, with loop carried value. There are seemingly few things going one here. Seems like first generation is arc, followed by smaller transformed arc on end point of first, followed by another smaller transformed arc on first point of second and all then radially cloned? : )

Yes, however those are problematic since they require matrices output which cloner/matrix can understand. Positions are not a problem, but that way you can't benefit from some distributions where it matters most, such as surface blue (since it needs matrices to scale down clones)

Nodes have powerful distributions which are not available in rest of C4D therefore here is a small asset which resolves this. This asset generates point cloud which can be used as target for cloner or matrix and utilize it in MoGpraph. To use simply import the attached zip via asset browser Once imported you can used the object in graph or in object manager: Use cloner or matrix in vertex mode to generate visible objects Depending on what is chosen in distribution result is generated (Mandelbrot example) This asset has following distributions: - Mandelbrot - Mandelbulb - Trigonometry More distributions are on the way 🙂 Distribution.zip

This should not happen. Which version are you running? Drivers up to date? Could also be that you are experiencing some lag due to dense mesh? Is it the same if you use middle click? In prefs check if it helps when you use "always update".

Lava lamp prototype 🙂 Make sure you cache the volumes 152_Lava_Lamp(MG).c4d

I am afraid that there is no way to circumvent the performance penalty hit that way. Which C4D version are you running? Depending on how you want to use the result, some packing with scene nodes is possible (surface blue distribution)

These are awesome, well done!