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 RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS in Drendersettings

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

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

Resource File Code (Drendersettings.res)


LONG  RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS
{
ANIM  OFF;                          
    CYCLE 
    {         RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_HYBRID; 
        RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_SCANLINE; 
        RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_RAYTRACE; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Drendersettings.h)

#ifndef DRENDERSETTINGS_H__
#define DRENDERSETTINGS_H__
enum
{
  RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_HYBRID = 1,
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_SCANLINE = 2,
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_RAYTRACE = 3,
};
#endif	// DRENDERSETTINGS_H__

String File Code (Drendersettings.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS    "SmallFragments";
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_HYBRID    "Hybrid";
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_SCANLINE    "Scanlineonly";
    RDATA_SMALLFRAGMENTS_RAYTRACE    "Raytraceonly";
}