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_MULTI_OBJ 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_MULTI_OBJ
{
                        
    CYCLE 
    {         XGEN_MULTI_SEQ; 
        XGEN_MULTI_RAND; 
        XGEN_MULTI_FIRST; 
        XGEN_MULTI_CHOOSE; 
        XGEN_MULTI_GROUP; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Oxpgenerator.h)

#ifndef OXPGENERATOR_H__
#define OXPGENERATOR_H__
enum
{
  XGEN_MULTI_OBJ = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    XGEN_MULTI_SEQ = 1,
    XGEN_MULTI_RAND = 2,
    XGEN_MULTI_FIRST = 3,
    XGEN_MULTI_CHOOSE = 4,
    XGEN_MULTI_GROUP = 5,
};
#endif	// OXPGENERATOR_H__

String File Code (Oxpgenerator.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  XGEN_MULTI_OBJ    "UseMultipleChildObjects";
    XGEN_MULTI_SEQ    "Sequentially";
    XGEN_MULTI_RAND    "Randomly";
    XGEN_MULTI_FIRST    "FirstChildOnly";
    XGEN_MULTI_CHOOSE    "ChoosebyIndex";
    XGEN_MULTI_GROUP    "AssignbyGroup";
}