Here you will find documentation on all the descriptions that Cinema 4D currently has. You can list them Alphabetically, by Type or Plugin . The sample Python and C++ code is automatically generated and in some cases may not be 100% correct. If something doesn't work then please refer to the official Cinema 4D SDK documentation for more information.

Element Information

Sample Code

Example code for the id XGEN_INSTANCES in Oxpgenerator

Note that this is not the actual code from the Oxpgenerator file.

This code is just an example to show you how to add a similar control to your own description.

Resource File Code (Oxpgenerator.res)


LONG  XGEN_INSTANCES
{
ANIM  OFF;                          
    CYCLE 
    {         XGEN_INSTANCES_CLONE; 
        XGEN_INSTANCES_INST; 
        XGEN_INSTANCES_RENINST; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Oxpgenerator.h)

#ifndef OXPGENERATOR_H__
#define OXPGENERATOR_H__
enum
{
  XGEN_INSTANCES = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    XGEN_INSTANCES_CLONE = 1,
    XGEN_INSTANCES_INST = 2,
    XGEN_INSTANCES_RENINST = 3,
};
#endif	// OXPGENERATOR_H__

String File Code (Oxpgenerator.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  XGEN_INSTANCES    "CloneType";
    XGEN_INSTANCES_CLONE    "StraightClone";
    XGEN_INSTANCES_INST    "CreateInstances";
    XGEN_INSTANCES_RENINST    "CreateRenderInstances";
}