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_EXTRUDE_OFFSET in ToolExtrude

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

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

Resource File Code (ToolExtrude.res)


REAL  MDATA_EXTRUDE_OFFSET
{
UNIT  METER;  MINSLIDER  -100;  MAXSLIDER  100;  CUSTOMGUI  REALSLIDER;  STEP  1;  }
            

Header File Code (ToolExtrude.h)

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

String File Code (ToolExtrude.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  MDATA_EXTRUDE_OFFSET    "Offset";
}