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 MGCOLORSHADER_SPLINE in Xmg_color

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

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

Resource File Code (Xmg_color.res)


SPLINE  MGCOLORSHADER_SPLINE
{
SHOWGRID_H  ;  SHOWGRID_V  ;  MINSIZE_H  120;  MINSIZE_V  90;  EDIT_H  ;  EDIT_V  ;  X_MIN  0;  X_MAX  1;  Y_MIN  0;  Y_MAX  1;  X_STEPS  1;  Y_STEPS  1;  }
            

Header File Code (Xmg_color.h)

#ifndef XMG_COLOR_H__
#define XMG_COLOR_H__
enum
{
  MGCOLORSHADER_SPLINE = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
};
#endif	// XMG_COLOR_H__

String File Code (Xmg_color.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  MGCOLORSHADER_SPLINE    "Spline";
}