How would I get CAD records into Cinema4D?
How would I get CAD records into C4D R16, do I want additional product or modules? A client is sending me creep records of a watch that I really want to deliver into a short movement of a camera panning around the watch with the watch band opening. Would it be a good idea for me to demand he send me a particular record design like iges, step, or eps document? I'm generally new to C4D so in the event that you can make sense of essentially I would truly see the value in it.
f you could characterize precisely exact thing you mean by "computer aided design", that would be truly helpful.... since CAD implies Computer Aided Design, and that could be anything from dwg documents to solidworks models.
However, customarily in the structure business, "scoundrel" records by and large allude to 2D *.dwg's. The 2D part is significant.
in the event that he's sending you 2D AutoCAD (DWG) records - they open straightforwardly inside film. you dont need to change over them. they'll come in as splines. They might should be like v2012 or lower or somthing. To be protected he can save them as v2004 and they will open...but I'm almost certain R16 opens up to v2012.
That being said, he can truly accelerate your displaying work process in the event that he makes as a considerable lot of the lines that make single solid surfaces associated polylines inside AutoCAD before he sends it. since then you can simply drop those children in an expel nurb and you got a shape, without having to join every one of those spline focuses together physically. Since its a watch, its intense for me to say explicitly what lines would be best ones to connect.... that is somewhat somthing you simply get with experience of demonstrating from CAD to Cinema. :/
In any case, in the event that he's sending you 3D .DWG's - I'm almost certain they wont open in film. He'll have to trade them from AutoCAD as DXF or FBX (or DAE, if possible. I think the more current deliveries can). I for one find those configurations come into Cinema the cleanest from AutoCAD. OBJ will work as well, yet it will in general be more chaotic and locates everything.
In General, throughout the long term i've tracked down Cinema to by and large dislike FBX and DAE (Collada) documents, and those are generralllyy my best option in filetype while changing over 3D records for C4D from another program. Then, at that point, comes 3DS documents, however they have a 20,000 (or 30,000?) poly count limit. Then, at that point, OBJ. OBJ generally works, its like one of the principal 3D filetypes ever. however, it can give you some really untidy topos.
in any case, assuming you have more inquiries, simply inquire! I go from AutoCAD to Cinema alllllll the time, yet have loads of general involvement in bringing a wide range of records into Cinema.
First and foremost, those are certainly 3D CAD documents. Yahoo for not displaying! (perhaps) STEP is from Solidworks. I figure C4D might open the IGES record locally. however, I have a positive sentiment in the event that it did, youd get trash y results. Film doesnt truly converse with parametric modelers (or their filetypes) like Solidworks pleasantly. (IMO)
Assuming that you got it into Keyshot, You can likely product an OBJ from Keyshot. be that as it may, Like I said, you could run into some topo issues, the same way you'd presumably run into topo issues from the IGES or step records. On the off chance that you have Rhino, similar several individuals proposed, you could get a DAE from that. (Or then again you can PM it to me and sick proselyte it for you)
Yet, no doubt - Getting a FBX or DAE record is awesome, they'll commonly come in with the cleanest network, and contingent upon how the model was constructed, it could try and come in with the items seperated out by material, Or incorporate choice labels, the two of which will accelerate finishing it by alot. Youll still likely need to invest some energy in the item director renaming stuff (If youre that somewhat fellow/young lady) yet indeed, itll come in as full model prepared to be finished and delivered.
It would be ideal for I to add - for this reason I like utilizing DAE (fundamentally) and FBX for between program trades, since they by and large will generally hold the most useable stuff from their parent programs. You can get legitimate UV maps, determination labels and seperated objects.... it might try and now and again get filler materials from the parent application previously applied to the model.... and that implies you should simply go in and transform it from that electric pink (what is it with CAD programming and electric pink?? seriously...) to anything you desire it to be. However, that isnt consistently the case. Ive gotten trash DAE's and pointless FBXs before as well, Where I've needed to essentially rebuild the entire thing for it to be helpful. It is somewhat of a coin throw in light of the fact that alot of it depends on what the parent application was, what the calculation it utilizations to change the documents over completely to the trade organization, and the way things were initially demonstrated.
