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You're very welcome, AlexC.,

My best wishes for the project.

Hi MaverickMongoose,

Thank you very much.

I tried to reproduce this, but I can't. I tried copying and pasting them one after the other into a new file, but I couldn't.
I also placed everything in a new Simulation Scene. No change.

I hope you get your project successfully done without further hick-ups.

My best wishes

Thanks for the reply, series-tune.

That two-step process before and two steps after, with the adjustment session in between, is the shortest when discussing reliability.
Please note that I haven't seen your rig, but I got no information that something other than Joints is working on the surface.
Look at what tags are added to the rig; PoseMorph, XPresso, and constraints might not work well with scaling.

There is always the option to scale the whole project…

Not a suggestion! -> Something quick and dirty, just "dump" everything under a null and scale the Null.
However, when something else is working on the rig, that might backfire, and the deadline is gone.
So, why do I mention it here? I see people share that as best practice from time to time. I stay away from it, far away!

Sorry for the specific cloud service request. I know it isn't enjoyable, but I must keep it safe here for everyone.

My best wishes for your project

Thanks for the feedback, bottle-steak.

My best wishes for your project!

Hi brilliant-primary,

Depending on which version you use, save the Cinema 4D file as (External Compositing Tag) "Save for Cineware …" for older setups, or try just as a C4D file first to avoid large files, then create a composition file with it, and use in the Effects Panel of the Cineware the Extract button. This will create the "Cineware Tag" called Cube here. This object has a scale animation. You can use it anywhere in the "Composition."

Since this was a file from Oct 2023, I tested it in Cinema 4D 2025 and 24 and 25 Ae.

Screenshot 2025-01-10 at 7.57.38 PM.jpg

The manual for 2025 stated rotation and position.
External Compositing Tag
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2025/en-us/Default.htm#html/COMPOSITING3DTAG.html

I hope that gets you what you need.

All the best

Hi birthday-midnight,

I have moved this to the Q&A as it is no site issue; please check in with the Maxon One app. Please use the Site Issue ONLY for problems with the site itself. Thank you.

No function would set all objects at once to this.

You can set up an XPresso with the Objects set to Reference Mode> Relative Reference, so the object in question is used (Where the tag sits). From a Parent, the tag can be distributed. Object Manager> Tag> Copy Tag to Children. Then, if it needs to be removed, you can select all Xpresso tags and delete those. If only these, then provide a specific name to search for this one.

I have used here a simple position round() formula:
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2024/en-us/Default.htm#html/6194.html?Highlight=formula

More work would be needed, but to test this, this should work.

CV4_2024_drs_23_XPcv_01.c4d

All the best

Thanks for the reply, AlexC.

Yes, I guess it is something that is only too common. I believe there should be something on the training side to improve that. I will explore this phenomenon.

This simple setup should be a ready-to-use Capsule in the Asset Browser. I have no idea why Noseman has not placed it there already.

BTW: Have you used a Sphere as the first object? 🙂

My best wishes

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for your openness and for mentoring your team. It is always a balancing act.

The idea of collaboration and how to operate along a pipeline while including multi-disciplines should be worth a more extended discussion.

It is like the teamwork between a Rigger and a Character Animator. How to find the right balance, to have each field working efficiently, but not cutting into the comfort of the other. When one likes to animate the character, there should be no long search for the right parameter, and distracting so from the target, creating an expression should be the only concern.

With Dynamics, there is no default concept to rig it for the next stop along the pipeline, like setting up a few sliders in a User Data Interface to hide the complexity involved. (Time to think about it.)

My best wishes for your project

You're very welcome, AlexC!

My best wishes for your project.

P.S.: Our fantastic IT team has already switched it off.
If you see anything of this stuff, please clear your cache. At least, that is what they tell me when I can't see any change.

Thank you for your perspective on that. I hope that helps other artists to feel more comfortable as well.