Equivalent to 3ds Max Push modifier in Cinema 4D

[steal-shelter]

Hi everyone!

In 3ds Max, there’s a Push modifier that moves a model’s vertices along their normals — basically inflating or deflating the mesh uniformly.

I’m wondering: what would be the Cinema 4D equivalent to achieve this kind of procedural effect?

From what I’ve tested, the Displacer Deformer (with something like a Color Shader in the Shading tab and adjusting the Height) seems to get close. I also considered using Normal Move in point mode, but that’s more of a manual workflow.

Are there any other native deformers, tags, or tools in C4D that can do this easily and procedurally, like Push? Or maybe some setup you’d recommend?

Thanks a lot for the help!

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi steal-shelter,

Since you have explored the obvious "suspects" of this technique, please have a look here:

You might explore some of the MoGraph Effectors, but in Deformation Mode.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2025/en-us/Default.htm#html/OERANDOMIZE-ID_MG_EFFECTORDEFORMER_GROUP.html#ID_MG_EFFECTORDEFORMER_MODE

Example
CV4_2025_drs_25_MGpd_01.c4d

Please let me know if that aligns with your targets.

Cheers

[steal-shelter]

Thanks a lot, i will try it out.

[Dr. Sassi]

Thank you for the reply, steal-shelter,

You're very welcome.

Let me know how it goes.

Since I write in a Forum, let me add this for anyone reading along: If the amount of the Normal move is different for each polygon, the shared points (and, with that, the edges) will find a sweet spot among all. Then, the Normal direction is not the final determination of the Polygon orientation. Which means the Normal direction has changed.

Enjoy!