CINEVERSITY

Here is a workaround:

CV4_2025_drs_25_RSfe_01.c4d

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I ahve shared a different setup here
https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/7134

Hi RemoGambacciani,

Please have a look here:
CV4_2025_drs_25_SNrs_01.c4d

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This is a simple but hopefully fast setup for a large number of Splines-Segments, while the color can transition from the start of the Spline to the end.

Perhaps explore this series
https://cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/cinema-4d-scene-nodes?tutorial=10-cinema-4d-scene-nodes-10-nodes-spline-generating-splines

All the best

Hi suspect-budget,

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If "Asset browser> Edit> Generate Preview"

Or right mouse click> Generate Preview isn't helping,

please check with tech support
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

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Please share this information with the tech support:
Can you see in your file manager of your OS a preview?

All the best

Hi Dutchbird,

I was able to reproduce it while having many projects open.

Having Chrome running in the background is the best way to slow things down, given my tendency to have too many tabs open.

I'm glad that you have it working!

Enjoy

Thanks for the reply, Dutchbird

Cheers

Hi cook-method,

I went through the whole procedural instruction of Dominik. He explained what could perhaps fit your setup that you like to re-create, but I can't find what you have in his content. There is a different Node in use.

If I'm not mistaken, he uses the Nodes (Deformer), not the Nodes Mesh.

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Follow the other tutorial where he works with Noseman. This is a simpler stack and might be better to get started.
https://www.youtube.com/live/UAYdjRFOd1k?si=QwJJ64mpOwSGgPPs&t=1811
When this works, modify step by step, if needed.

• Nodes Modifier (Deformer): Changes something that already exists.
• Nodes Mesh: Creates something new.

Best to contact him in the video comments if that is not the cause of your problems.
or
You can explore your setup (Nodes Mesh) using the Current State To Object and take the results apart. This is not something the Cloner can use.

All the best.

You're very welcome, cook-method.

My best wishes.

Hi kariomart,

What pretty much every Gerator does is generate all new content newly, and so does the Connect Generator. With that all things get pulled into a new object here. Without the Correction Deformer, that setup wouldn't work as I wanted. Without the complete setup, most questions are more general, and harder to answer, as they need to work "in general", meaning including all possible variations, with a more or less complex interaction of several things that is difficult to estimate.

The Correction Deformer can work with just the one Field moving along the "cube-zipper", but to ensure that the influence will not reach too deep, the other Field protects the other "half" of the plane. It is optional.

That you found a solution is great.

My best wishes for your project.

P.S.:

I looked into both tickets.

You got a reply from S. and were told by tech support that no clear date is provided by the developers for this; you rated the support. They did all they could and delivered the problem to the developers. tech support has no say in what developers do. This leads to a weird sitting between the chairs for tech support. Even weirder for you, I get that.

S. was clear, friendly, and shared as much as possible, putting all into the right channel.

It was clearly stated that it is in the pipeline. I can't say more about it.

I say thanks for your patience, and I mean it.

I have placed a new report into the system, not that it will have a huge impact. Developer and quality are aligned on certified processes. (no shortcuts.)

All the best

Hi millsy05,

The first step is to communicate the problem and then find an idea.
Feeling that there is a way to make space for the idea to grow into is important.
Great that you have that! Keep going.

Thanks for your reply.

Cheers

Hi boyfriend-form,

Please check with tech support, as I do not have any option to test this. Sorry.

https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

All the best

Nice that you found what you needed, and thanks for the reply, Hoi.

My best wishes for your project!

That is easy to say about your work, mrittman,

Your passion for details and quality shows, and that is motivational.

Enjoy!

Thank you very much for your feedback, eclipse-planet.

Sounds good!

My best wishes for your project.

Thanks for your patience, RemoGambacciani,

How about this option:
CV4_2025_drs_25_MGwc_01.c4d
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All the best

Hi Dutchbird,

Thanks for asking.

Let us start with the Banking.
If there is any chance that the points of a spline can produce a "plane-like orientation, then that plane defines the orientation of the Profile used.
In return, each point counts if a plane can be established at all.

Moving a single point in that case will change anything. Based on my experience teaching it, there is the most confusion, especially when the spline is not animated to show the effect.

Have a look at the end of the spline Left upper in the perspective view. Press play.
CV4_2025_drs_25_MOsb_01.c4d
The profile orientation changes.

If there is no plane, meaning the points are all over the place, the banking option that relies on such a virtual plane can be shut off. Which often leads to a horrible result.

How that can be solved most of the time is done with Rails, who work like a target but along a spline in relation to the main path.
CV4_2025_drs_25_MOsr_01.c4d
Parallel moves, ignores all of that and keeps the Profile in the same orientation along the path.

My suggestion is to mess with the settings of the two files, as I hope they provide some more clarity if the checkboxes of the Sweep are explored.

Let me know if you have more questions.

Cheers

Hi worth-lecture,

This is expected, as Ai (Illustrator) files are not supported by image files.

You have to export it from Illustrator in a pixel-based format. Vector formats are not supported for that use, so it needs to be converted to a raster-based image format.

All the best

Hi choise-baby,

Here is the FAQ about the change by the end of 2024.
https://support.fab.com/s/article/Fab-Transition-FAQs#:~:text=You%20will%20still%20have%20access,library%20after%20December%2031%2C%202024.

So far, I can see that FAB is now managing new content.

The Quixel site shows that Cinema 4D is supported, but the plug-in 2.2 is already a few years old.
https://quixel.com/bridge
I assume you have the current plug-in (2.2. ?), and if there is a problem, perhaps this tip can help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSNEYxS0sFs

Many people reported that it works with 2025 and credited Mindex for the solution.
https://redshift.maxon.net/topic/42170/modified-working-quixel-bridge-for-3-5-xx

For anything beyond that, please check with EPIC's support; this is nothing Maxon can change.

All the best