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    • Dr. Sassi
      Dr. Sassi last edited by

      Thank you for the feedback, Hoi. 🙂

      Doing it in the node editor is nicer than moving in and out of the app.

      I'm sure after you have this as a muscle memory, you will expand this.

      I'm glad it was useful.

      Enjoy

      Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
      Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
      Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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        atomician last edited by

        This is good, but I do find that this method doesn't produce a consistent pattern - in my case the repeated gradients in the middle are smaller then the ones on the ege of the texture.

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          atomician last edited by

          Ah, need to set the gradient interpolation to Linear of course!

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          • Dr. Sassi
            Dr. Sassi last edited by

            Thanks for updating your own question, atomician.

            Yes, for this we need linear values. Well spotted.

            Enjoy

            Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
            Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
            Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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              tear-one last edited by

              i try this method with splines and work pretty well! thanks

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              • Dr. Sassi
                Dr. Sassi last edited by

                Thank you for you feedback, tear-one.

                Enjoy your project

                Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
                Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
                Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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                  bench-sport last edited by

                  Hello, following this, it works, but it shows a universal projection even if I use object mode in UV projection. Any way to solve this so that all objects project according to their rotation?

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                  • Dr. Sassi
                    Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi

                    Hi bench-support,

                    Please have a look here.
                    CV4_2026_drs_25_RSrm_01.c4d

                    I rotated some of the UV polygons, and it is safer (additionally) to drag the UV Tag into the material (or write the exact name into it, to always ensure you have the correct one.

                    Screenshot 2025-11-25 at 9.44.30 PM.jpg
                    Is this working for you?

                    My best wishes for your project

                    Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
                    Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
                    Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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                      bench-sport @Dr. Sassi last edited by

                      @Dr-Sassi Thanks for the reply. My particular case is using a material for various objects with user data node but combined with this repeated ramp bump map.. So what could be more effective than using just manually rotating UV map?

                      https://1drv.ms/u/c/cd71275177a2d3eb/IQAf6AjLHRbkR62wJvb5O0UUAUDhr_FHNGYOi1Q4lutPBoE?e=mNnNOY

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                      • Dr. Sassi
                        Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi

                        Hi bench-sport,

                        The UV-Map has a transform option (three values) and a rotation (single value), but there is no tiling for this Ramp effect. Which means the only way to cover the area is by scaling and offsetting. Which might be quite cumbersome, as the rotation and the scale are not uniformly during a rotation.

                        https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2026/en-us/Default.htm#html/COM_REDSHIFT3D_REDSHIFT4C4D_NODES_CORE_UVPROJECTION-NET_MAXON_NODE_BASE_GROUP_INPUTS.html?TocPath=The%2520Node%2520Editor%257CRedshift%2520Nodes%257CRedshift%2520Utility%2520Nodes%257CUV%2520Projection%257C_____3

                        Below are two examples, differentiated only where the scale and offset take place (UV Transform node)

                        CV4_2026_drs_25_RSrr_11.c4d
                        CV4_2026_drs_25_RSrr_12.c4d

                        Screenshot 2025-11-26 at 1.19.43 PM.jpg

                        The User Data was copied from the Node (Right Mouse Click, Copy UI),
                        Then pasted into the User Data (Click on the top entry UserData Default, to enable pasting)

                        For any file sharing, Wetransfer, DropBox, Google, Apple or Adobe Cloudservices. Data uncompressed during upload, URLs pasted fully and plainly.

                        All the best

                        Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
                        Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
                        Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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                          bench-sport @Dr. Sassi last edited by

                          @Dr-Sassi Thanks for the examples!

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                          • Dr. Sassi
                            Dr. Sassi last edited by

                            You're very welcome, bench-sport!

                            If there is any question, please let me know. Note: Nov 28th is a (US) Holiday here and I will be off-line.

                            My best wishes for your project

                            Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
                            Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
                            Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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