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So there is https://sourceforge.net/projects/upyplugins/ for R21 based on the ePMV python script to visualize a library of documented proteins. I was wondering if there are any other scripts or plugins to display organic molecules, perhaps even in combination with x particles? Haven't found anything yet but that is just me searching. Anyone? Philip

Taking it a step further:

reminds me of the Moubius Incal cartoon book series, very cool

Never mind I found it, It's the time source which should be set from global to custom. Set a desired offset every n-th frame and in the f-curve menu set the nodes to stepped. Throw in some offset repeat after for more lasting result and presto. Thank you for listening c4dear cafe. Philip

So I'm trying to animate a material that resembles stopmotion clay. I started out combining three types of animated noise in RS generating displacement but the resulting displacement is too smooth. Is there a way to get a more stepped effect in this noise? It should hold its image for x frames and then move to the next. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Here's the result so far, I've attached the scene (C4D 23 RS 3.0.34) too Thanks Philip bal test.c4d

Quickly build a house with doors and windows and shingels, then blow it up with voronoi or build a rural scene. It's bliss

Just installed the LWCAD 2018.92 BETA version for R23, it works ... looking foward to the promised 2020 version

DUH ... found it https://sourceforge.net/projects/upyplugins/

check out this protein data bank or PDB https://pdb101.rcsb.org/browse/drugs-and-the-brain

I recently stumbled upon a python script named ePMV (as in python molecular viewer) which allows you to load and use molecular models. As is elegantly demonstrated by Elizabeth McDonald combining it with volume mesher here. https://youtu.be/bIOt_pXxxXk Point is I cannot find this ePMV script for download (or sale) nor find out if it works with R23. Any suggestions? Thanks Philip

Looks like Wave Deformer v0.1 by Johannes Kollender (www.kollender.com) does not function in R23. Does anyone know of an alternative? Thanks Philip

Ah yes you have a valid point there. In modo you can export the uv's as vector, very useful. Would be on my wishlist for c4d

You're welcome

I remeberd there was a faster way to export UV's from C4D to an image. I could only find tutorials promoting the "outline these poly's " route- so much for my searching skills. As a note to self i made this demo to remember self of this specifick button. I'd like to share it.

LWCAD was just updated to 2020 which means the C4D version isn't that far off anymore. Victor Velicko writes: It (lwcad c4d) is very much alive. As I wrote in this thread, it was necessary to finalize new Mesh TR first. R23 version is already recompiled, now fixing bunch of reported bugs from last couple months. And I want to also update some UI things, which bothers me the most. So R23 version will go out soon. And then you can expect the first bunch of floor-plan tools with the next version. Maybe even this year, if there will be no big delays. Development will go much faster now in C4d version. Check out LWCAD 2020 here:

In AE when jou have a line drawing roughen edges and wiggle wil l render a neat distortion of the image. I you have vector paths you can use wiggle path too. Try animating the paper underneath it also with a little crumple. here's alink to a ae tutorial https://youtu.be/I8-MwiPuzlI Philip

And i am, great tip bezo!

In the end i find that a boolean of the plate with each extruded jigsaw piece works best in this case.

Good one bezo, didn't know i could do that. Place spline over object in perspective view, spline active, points mode, ctrl click knife on spline and done according to this tut https://youtu.be/8jXMMF10Voc?t=189 The tutorial was helpfull too though i will have to brush up my Czech

Ah yes but then i would lose the shape of the plate in Y. But wait i could project the spline onto the plate object first and then extrude if the spline is subdivided enough? Philip

This is more difficult then i thought it would be. So I have a plate that i want to break into jig saw pieces. I have drawn these as avector and imported them. The solid plate has a voronoi parent and the generator is set to the spline object. I was hoping to get clean jigsaw pieces with the voronoi. But i can't get it to work. Not with all the splines pieces connected nor as a single source. Any suggestions how i could achive this? Thanks Philip

Oh man wish i had known about this before it would have saved hours of fiddeling with keys. Thank you for your reply Hippodastamus. Problem solved. Philip

So I have an animated character and it is keyed at different frames up to frame 100. After that nothing happens. I want to set a key for all the elements at frame 110. Can I do this in 1 or 2 clicks. Clicking F9 won't work. Now I have to scroll down the objects in the dope sheet and ctrl move them. Hope there is an easier way? Thanks Philip

Kangddan actualy made a tutorial, in Chinese and got somehere halfway translating it. Haven't read anything about it since november 15 last year when "Victory was at hand"

While I can in a way sympathize with the aversion to non-C4D software promotion, after all this is a C4D hub, creating a C4D-only bubble seems a bad idea to me. Knowledge about new trends and techniques in 3d opens up new possibilities, stimulates growth. Important ingredients if you run a company, big or small. And demand for a certain solution promotes the development in C4D. You could argue I should visit other dedicated sites for that. But I would like C4Dcafe to be an inspiring open place. So a post about the awesome poly crunching and ligthing capabilities of the Unreal Engine 5 by Epic should be possible. And yes post about the ubiquitous Blender too. As suggested a new subject heading would be a good compromise. Something like Third party or Industry news. Philip