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_SCALEMODE 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_SCALEMODE
{
                        
    CYCLE 
    {         XGEN_SCALEMODE_PSCALE; 
        XGEN_SCALEMODE_PRADIUS; 
        XGEN_SCALEMODE_SOURCE; 
        XGEN_SCALEMODE_SET; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Oxpgenerator.h)

#ifndef OXPGENERATOR_H__
#define OXPGENERATOR_H__
enum
{
  XGEN_SCALEMODE = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_PSCALE = 1,
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_PRADIUS = 2,
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_SOURCE = 3,
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_SET = 4,
};
#endif	// OXPGENERATOR_H__

String File Code (Oxpgenerator.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  XGEN_SCALEMODE    "ScaleUsing";
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_PSCALE    "ParticleScale";
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_PRADIUS    "ParticleRadius";
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_SOURCE    "SourceObjectScale";
    XGEN_SCALEMODE_SET    "SetScale";
}