Thanks for the reply, working-long.

I'm glad it works for you.

If I get no other detail or a scene file where I can check the version, I assume the current version is used. I should have asked to get a file, which I usually do, sorry for that. I'm glad I pointed to 2025.3.3.

Enjoy your project.

Hi Mars,

One idea would be to bake the RS Material and use the image (still or sequence) to drive this with a Displacer.
The Information that feeds into the RS Displacement (Like Maxon Noise) is fed into the Emission channel.
An AOV is set (direct output).

As usual, I checked the current version and practically recreated the idea.

Orange RS set up; Red Displacer based on OpenEXR image

It is not a one-button push action, but I hope faster than recreating a whole Material.

All the best

Hi Leah sam,

I'm not familiar with your cloud service. The one I use here is Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google, Adobe, or Apple, no compression during upload, no zip, and surely not rar. Please paste the URL as you did, so it is clear what it is (Tiny URLs, shortened do not unveil the target. Sorry for the security, while I'm sure you have good experience with this MS service, I am limited to these, and can't explore each time if there is any problem. Thanks for understanding. Sorry for the extra work.

Camera mapping, as you know, has a limited "field of view/projection angle to polygon" to work well. If possible, I use Polygon Selections to split different views. With a few exceptions, I was normally able to convert the Camera project's defined UVs into UVs themselves. (I'm happy to showcase this for you, preferably with your project) With Polygon Selections and those fixed UVs, baking is typically possible.

Sometimes, Alpha channels are used for difficult transitions from one camera to the next camera. Which might cause different setup problems (in the transition area were the alpha is neither white nor black, meaning gray), but it depends.

I will have a look when I get your file.

All the best

Hi Mars,

This is just brainstorming, as the options for what one can do with displacement alone might be, in some cases, unprintable.

To my knowledge, that is not an option, as it is, as you mentioned during render time. Yes, it is easily imaginable to cache that. But no option.

The way I would suggest it, without having seen anything that you like to do (hence I might be off here), is to increase the mesh density and use the Displacer Deformer
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2025/en-us/Default.htm#html/OMOGRAPH_DISPLACER-ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES.html#MGDISPLACER_DISPLACEMENT_STRENGTH

The Volume modeling option might help here, for example: (Explore the Exterior Voxel Range and how that works with the printing process you like to use.)
CV4_2025_drs_25_MOvd_01.c4d

My best wishes

Thanks for the reply, Hady.

You're very welcome.

Please note that we have a forum especially for developers:
https://developers.maxon.net/?_gl=11xspa4x_gcl_au*MTcyOTk1NjE0My4xNzU1ODg1Nzcw
I hope you find some inspiring content and contacts there.

This also allows us to keep any code out of this forum (for security reasons).

Have a great weekend.

Thanks for the reply, working-long.

Please let me know if any question about it comes up, I'm happy to look into it.

Cheers

Hi David,

The key is typically in the conversion. I have no idea what you use, and I guess I'm not familiar with it. But if the CAD file is perfect, and the OBJ is not, the problem center is located.

Siemens NX (. prm is not readable by C4D) but can provide OBJ, as well as IGES, and IGES will allow you to set the tessellation according to your needs.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2025/en-us/Default.htm#html/FIGESIMPORT-CADIMPORT_GRP_TESSELATION.html?TocPath=CAD%2520Import%257CIGES%2520Import%2520Settings%257C_____3

Is that something you have explored already?

When you have the model in Cinema 4D, have you explored the Mesh checker?

https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2025/en-us/Default.htm#html/DMODELING-MESH_CHECK.html?Highlight=Model%20check

Besides that, most materials are set up for a specific scale (size), while some expect a proper UV mesh, while others don't care at all and use projection, such as Spherical. Besides that: Checking the Normals is key.

I believe one could fill a whole book with tips, and to say anything in general is to aim to fill that book, or keep it too short and waste time on the other side. Hence why I ask for files that show a problem.

Perhaps have a look here:
https://cineversity.maxon.net/en/tutorials/c4d_r20_import_catia_step_iges_solidworks_jt_cad_files_in_cinema_4d

Fingers crossed, one of these little tips helps.

Cheers

Hi laywer-platform,

The simplest way is to render with and without the objects, then comp them in, e.g., After Effects, and blend between the two as needed.

Are all materials the same as all Open PBR? Then select all and animate the Opacity for all in the Attribute Manager.

If you have different Material versions in the mix, you need to group those and animate them as separate groups.

To select Groups again, my suggestion - create a Selection Object. Which doesn't take materials. To get it anyway, select anything and call up a Main Menu> Select>Selection Filter> Selection Object.
Now, delete the initial object in the list, and drag materials of the same kind into it.

The Restore Selection will select those and show their common attributes, hence they must be the same (RS Standard and OpenPBR in the same selection will NOT work)

Animating the needed channels (Opacity) will now be easy, even for hundreds of Materials.

Note that parameters typically work linearly, while color-driven input might not. A midpoint (of the animation) adjustment might be advised to keep them in sync, just in case you have that mixture.

Example (use the time slider while RS Render is active)
CV4_2025_drs_25_RSof_01.c4d

Cheers

Hi working-long,

As usual, I do not answer from memory or with stuff from the "archive".

I downloaded a new Mixamo file, opened it in Cinema 4D 2025.3.3, answered the "Take" question with "No", and left all other settings on their default values.

Here is the result:
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2025_PROJECTS_DRS/20250828_CV4_2025_drs_25_CAmr_01.c4d.zip

I check some controllers, and you can see that the Joints and the figure have both influences in the image.

The tutorial you shared introduced a few extra steps. Here is perhaps the original, done by Maxon's Training Director:
https://youtu.be/HS2S5SleiHE?si=LJ7UH5rBi6I_oZY6

I hope that file helps to compare the two project setups.

My best wishes

Hi David,

Sorry to hear that you're not getting the results you are after.

Please note that CAD models often need work (at least they did so in the past three+ decades for me)

I assume you can't share one. (If possible, please use only Wetransfer, Google Drive, Dropbox, Adobe Cloud, or Apple Cloud services.) Please upload the content to the cloud as is, without compression (e.g., zip or rar). Please paste the full URL here, without a web wrapper. Thank you, and I apologize for the lengthy security-based request.

I'm unaware of your background, but I also write in a forum, so I leave this here for anyone following along:
Often, CAD models are great at the source, but export settings are applied that don't make them easy (if at all) to work with. For the creator of such files, it is often just a few checkboxes to change, and typically, they strive to produce good results if they know what is needed and wanted. In other words, let them know what is needed or what isn't working.

All the best