Thanks Dr. Sassi! I will explore the cloner tool once I have C4D! I forgot to mention I'm in C4D Lite.
I may not have been going the right direction but I also spent time reading up on the axis and trying out the transform>axis for each of the objects (array, extrude, and spline).
Playing with the various axis I was able to get it worked out. I'm still playing with it to better understand the role of the axis with the array works.
Hi,
I'm very new to cinema 4d and modeling in general.
I have an object I'd like to have on 4 sides of a tube and I thought using the array tool would be a simple way to duplicate the object and have it evenly spaced.
But alas I ran into problems.
How can I control how the array tool decides to create the array?
I want to create the fins on a rocket to have 4 fins around the tube. Instead I get the fins laid out in a completely different way.
In C4D Lite can I control certain parameters of child layers within an extrude parent - specifically the materials and caps settings?
I tried applying materials to the individual child layers, but they don't show up.
Also, I wanted to make certain caps adjustments, but it seems I only have the option to adjust caps to every child layer by selecting the parent extrude layer and making the caps settings from there.
I did make a separate parent extrude layer, but I'd like better to understand the workflow of adjusting parameters specific to a child layer within a parent. Do I need to add each layer to its own extrude parent or is there a way to work on parameters of each child within one extrude parent?