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 MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_CREATE in ToolCreatePolygon

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

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

Resource File Code (ToolCreatePolygon.res)


LONG  MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_CREATE
{
ALIGN_LEFT  ;                          
    CYCLE 
    {         MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_NGON; 
        MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_TRI; 
        MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_QUAD; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (ToolCreatePolygon.h)

#ifndef TOOLCREATEPOLYGON_H__
#define TOOLCREATEPOLYGON_H__
enum
{
  MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_CREATE = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_NGON = 1,
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_TRI = 2,
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_QUAD = 3,
};
#endif	// TOOLCREATEPOLYGON_H__

String File Code (ToolCreatePolygon.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_CREATE    "Create";
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_NGON    "N-gon";
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_TRI    "TriangleStrip";
    MDATA_CREATEPOLYGON_SET_QUAD    "QuadrangleStrip";
}