pypline4d

A series of utility scripts for Maxon's Cinema 4D (C4D)

Name	Description
generate_docs.py	Creates README.md which lists all .py files in this repo.

UI

Name	Description

TabletToggle

Name	Description

Materials

Name	Description
Make Environment Map	Renders an environment map for the selected object.

FileIO

Name	Description
Save Incremental++ ...	Desciption-en-US: Slightly smarter save incremental. Follows file_v001.txt convention. Supports non-numeric suffixes like file_v001_first-last.txt
Merge Files	A script that merges multiple Cinema 4D files into a new project file.
Import Textures as Materials	Select a directory and load the textures.
Print Media in Category	Prints a list of all media assets belonging to a category ID to the console.
Create RS Material from Textures...	Select a texture file to auto-create a Redshift Standard material.
sRGB to ACEScg	Description US: Converts sRGB colors to ACEScg colors.

Template

Name	Description
ScriptName	Script does these things.

Animation

Name	Description
Split Keys	Takes the selected keys and splits them into two keys.
Animate on Spline	Creates an Align To Spline tag with keys at the start/end of animation.
Camera Morph Keys	Takes first selected CameraMorph tag and automatically add keys based on the
Linear All Keys	Selects all keys and sets them to Linear interpolation
Preview Next Ranged Marker	Adjust document's preview range to show next named marker with a length.
Spline Clamp All Keys	Selects all keys and to Smooth and Clamped.

Objects

Name	Description
DK-Group Objects By Display Color	Groups all objects in scene by display color. WARNING
DK-Aim At	Select all objects you want to aim, then select the target before running this command.
Randomize Object Order	Randomizes the order of all top-level objects in your project.
DK-Select Objects By Display Color	Selects Objects with a Similar Display Color
DK-Select Similar Instances	Selects all Instances of the Selected Object(s)

Modeling

Name	Description
Compound Boolean Union	Takes all selected objects, and combines them into a nested boolean hierarchy
Orient View to Selected Polygon	Moves and targets camera toward selected polygon.
Polys to Window	Converts the currently selected polygon objects to windows

C4D Sync

Name	Description
[C4D Sync](C4D Sync/c4d-syc.py)	Reroutes Cinema 4D preferences to a directory in your DropBox.
[Bake All MoGraph](C4D Sync/bake-all-mograph.py)	Uses standard MoGraph baking commands to bake MoGraph objects.

PolyCruncher

Name	Description
Poly Cruncher	Takes the actively selected object and reduces the polygon count by 90%.

Geometry

Name	Description
Copy Length of Selected Edges	Copies length of the selected edges to your clipboard.

ZeroPSR

Name	Description
Zero PSR	Sets Position/Rotation of active objects to (0, 0, 0) and Scale to (1, 1, 1).
Zero Position	Sets position of active objects to (0, 0, 0)
Zero Scale	Despite the name, this sets Scale of active objects to (1, 1, 1). Think of "zero" as "reset".
Zero Rotation	Sets rotation of active objects to (0, 0, 0)

NetPrep

Name	Description
NetRender Paths	NetRender Paths
Update Render Paths	Update Render Paths
Bake All Mograph	Bake All MoGraph