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Ah very sad times indeed.. Im incredibly greatful to this place. The c4dcafe was a place i spent so much time in.. it's a shame that so much knowledge will evaporate.. but as many have said, hardly surprising. everyone wants instant chat answers.. discords, slacks etc.. Managing communities has only become more and more difficult i think in recent years, with bots, lazy people, people posting answers from ai.. spam.. etc.. It is very sad to see what the internet has become.. it had so much potential.. Well much love to you all, and thanks to everyone who tried to keep this place going. It was a Sisyphusian task. --- I did a quick search for forum hosting options and found this place.. my god the retro vibes just got to me.. Maybe it can be a place the c4d cafe / corec4d refugees.. the last c4d forum 😄 https://retroc4d.freeforums.net/ maybe it's a bit too pink.. ---

You and me both. It feels like everyone that grew up with forums understands how BAD Discord is as a "replacement". It's a great community tool, but that's it. It has one really big benefit though: it's free. Although the limitations around the free accounts have tightened up in the last years, it's still really good. And for the server "owners" (nobody really owns those serves but Discord themselves) it's completely free to host and about two clicks away.

Amazing geoblob, thanks for taking time in doing a recording, Magic! Jacobute Amazing geoblob, thanks for taking time in doing a recording, Magic! Jacobute

Hi jacobite, here's a screen recording example. I forgot to include a step to help complete the selection, which is to double-click the tag once the formula is input. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6jhbyybtfw6x196rp205t/Screen-Recording-2025-09-11-at-8.49.10-AM.mov?rlkey=a51qqif54syyq9lespvzl6ex8&st=2ugcbret&dl=0

Cheers geoblob, I tried your solution but can't get it to work. This project is a ship called PS Waverley (The last Ocean going paddle ship in the world). I initially did the hull as one object, however, after a while realised I should have started the project with Symmetry in mind because of the amount of detail with Windows and stuff. Would it be possible for me to send you the project so that you can do your formula to cut it in half? I usually use R18 and are still trying to get my head around R26. Could you leave the tag on so that I can learn something new. Thanks you very much Jacobite Waverley Symmetry.c4d

I'm really sorry to hear this. I was member 30, I think, to join what was then C4D cafe back in the day. Although I've visited the site less often in recent years, I have to give a big thank you to everyone that ran the site & contributed to the discussions here, it was a real trove of knowledge. I must confess to being a bit mind-boggled that discord seems to be replacing forum, when it does such a completely different job & is so bad at holding long-term, organised knowledge like forums are. My best wishes to all the team in future, thanks for your efforts.

They could have rolled the new logo out in May / June, and kept some of the chunkier C4D updates from then till now, and avoided the numerous threads of people going, WTF Maxon? People have looked forward to the big annual update for years, and releasing one that seems thinner than what R17 was a decade ago is pretty goofy.

You can use a point selection tag with a formula field (or formula layer from the other menu in the fields tab) and type in: pz>0

C4D R26 I have a dense model and I want to select all points on "Z Axis" grater than position zero. Anyone got a solution? Cheers Jacobite

sounds like a cop out. Roll out a new Maxon logo and aligning product logos along with a major release number would typically signify an acceleration with fresh new features and tools in each product. They spent money slapping on a coat a of paint and some canned Copilot post in response to the heat they're getting for this bs. Laughable if my wallet wasn't so pissed.

Rick Barrett on Reddit.

Full video here. Don't get too excited. One of the highlighted features is their new logo. The comments under the Youtube page are instructive. Oh well.

Damn... these are really sad news. The way i see it Maxon should have helped a lot more to keep this site working since it is a major source of knowledge, problem solving and data sharing community. This is essencial to keep a modern software competitive and with a strong community. without a strong and active community, software becomes less popular and then In a way i also felt somehow a bit disconnected (my fault). I used to come here a lot more often and helped whoever i could , but now i have less time and i usually solve my c4d issues in other ways. Still this the best place to find a lot of professionals, news and stuff around c4d. It helped me a lot and in way made me a better professional so i dedicate all my thanks to team that created and sustain this site. I'll try to keep contributing the way i can to help the c4d community , with knowledge, tools or other stuff, so i'll be around if anyone need help. thanks

ouch.. without sounding like a boomer, back in the day a major production release (2026.0.0) would include a host of new features and some fixes. That being said this feels very underwhelming. At least SideFX crushed it with their major release.

hahah all about timing

https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/8658038724124-Cinema-4D-2026-0-September-10-2025 Bugfix Release

been a couple months since the last update.. .anything impending? 😛

so is Ktibash now part of GSG? I know it says merger but kb3d just has 3d model kits for sale. GSG has more to offer.

An announcement that is long on promise and extremely short on information. From the Founders: A New Chapter for KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla Maybe it is so early that there isn't much to tell but honestly, to say that they are joining and that nothing is changing does beg the question "then why are you joining if everything is staying the same?" Overall, kind of a "meh" announcement. Dave

I wonder how Igor could manage the burden of this server. Or wasn't he alone ? I don't even know why he left (not as admin). Did the forum belong to him in the first place at all ? My awareness of who's what is close to 0. I don't even remember how I got here.

What’s the issue with disclosing costs ? If this is all going to be said and done in a few weeks time, does it really matter at this point ? More members maybe willing to contribute if they were privy to financial requirements to keep everything going. Giving one part time employee salary as an example gives no scope or context what so ever. That number could be anywhere from 1 to a 1000 +

Please do not use this forum brand name and graphics for your own personal discord channel that has nothing to do with it. Same for any content that is not yours specifically, this is copyright infringement - thank you!

https://discord.gg/wtbBftuQeg - Vector's Discord Server (Poly Rocket) https://discord.gg/RCDPYvhR - HappyPolygon's Discord Server (the Core4D Refuge I guess)

* Dedicated server with a lot of bandwidth and disk space * Forum software + plugins * Security, spam defense * Back end administration (a person versed in web & server stuff, at least part time) * Daily moderation (mails, communication, part time person) While I can't disclose the exact numbers, one can get a sense of the cost. Not something an individual could bear. For a company it would roughly represent an expense equal to one employee (part time).

What are the costs per month?