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Hi Mark,

Thank you very much for the file and for using Google.

I can export it without a crash and import it without a crash.

The material export import is a different theme altogether.

I'm not aware that FBX has any handling on the Cinema 4D native Blend-Shader. Baking this before might be a good idea. At the same time, I get not tired of saying that AO is an outdated thing and should not be multiplied. If you must have that effect, typically already included in GI, use the AO as a mask for color adjustments. AO is a geometry effect, and no light source will change that. Hence, the effect looks fake. With the Color adjustment method, one can at least get the fill light's color established, typically during the day outside cold and in the evening or inside warmer. Or, like in a dense forest, it would be greener with all the thinkable varieties.

To my knowledge, no system on the market allows for a universal exchange of materials among all the DCCs and their options to convert materials to their native idea about it.

The best way is to ensure all textures and UV data are included and the receiving app provides its optimized material for the rendering if needed, manually set up. This is not a Cinema 4D limitation. The industry has been looking for a long time to establish a universal format. Perhaps we will get one—one day.

Enjoy your weekend

Hi BigTree22,

Sorry for your trouble. I can't reproduce the issue of an empty file here.

There was a problem at one point.

Please get in touch with Tech Support.

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

My best wishes

Hi confidence-devil,

Thanks for opening a new thread. I have moved your first post to this. Let me know if it is OK to delete the double post. I feel uncomfortable doing so without your OK.

I do not have your project here, so I can set one up here and guess your parameters and resulting shapes. In return, I produce something that might not work at all.

If you have "Square" set in the Generator, the number of Segments will change the outcome dramatically.

Yes, the Polygon Reduction shows only results when the geometry breaks apart.

Try the Remesher; At 10%, I get 30% fewer polygons with questionable results—no idea what you have on your end. Share on Polygon hair; I don't need the full project.
From there, I can do more.

Perhaps, a Volume based solution will work, but again, it depends on the shape of the overall result you like to create for export.

Let me know; I'm happy to look into it.

Enjoy your weekend

Thanks for confirming this, entry-newspaper.

I would suggest this for any more artistic strokes and surfaces (Shading) anyway.

My best wishes

You're very welcome, divide-load.

I'm glad you got it working for your pipeline.

My best wishes for your project.

Great, thanks for the reply, Kevin Denis.

My best wishes for your project

Thanks for the feedback, road-conclusion.

I'm glad you have it working.

Enjoy your project.

Hi bwa-jose,

I exported an FBX in text format and can't find any information about Time-Code.
The manual has no idea, either.

If you know the start and end points, set the project accordingly.
Typically the animation is mapped onto the exact time in your timeline.
At least I have tried all combinations in the past hour, and it works, no matter what.

For a second opinion, please get in touch with the Support, or open a ticket as a "Share Your Ideas" to submit this as a feature request.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

Time code would be only critical if it is not congruent with the time settings of the project. Otherwise, it should be frame by frame. For anything below 1000 frames, if NTSC is used.

All the best

The whole line, not just the blue part. Right.

Anyway, that there is any problem at all excludes this stuff from being used.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zzogadmzsfcfu05/Connecting_two_walls_1.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wntx0gyv1ofa5r/Connecting_two_walls_2.mp4?dl=0

Sorry about that.

Hi damage-request,

You're very welcome.

My comments were only meant to suggest where to focus next. I'm not critiquing. Since I write in a forum, I know we have various experience levels here. Hence, I point out certain things, perhaps obvious to most artists. In the editor view, all might look fine because the refresh happens more than once. During rendering or export, there is only one time to "walk through" all the items in the scene. What is not available will be replaced by the material that might have been from a single or a few frames before; if nothing is there, then there is no reply. This is my current conclusion with this setup I got. To be clear, the results visible in the editor view are very nice.

It sounds like a more significant production, whereby I'm not clear about anything besides this scene you shared. So, my suggestion might be off, but how about Taiao from Insydium?
https://insydium.ltd/products/taiao/

Have a nice weekend