++ FREE ++ Cinema4D CE version for ArchiTALK Members

[Anonymous]

Working with Paul Babb - President and CEO of MAXON USA, I have helped to assemble a special offer for the worldwide members of ArchiCAD-TALK.

The product being offered is Cinema4D CE6 version - This version has some limitations but it is a great way to enter into the world of Cinema4D. It will allow you to get started without any expense in software, plus the work you do will be useful in the future when and if you decide to purchase an upgrade product such as C4D r9.

In order to take advantage of this offer you need to send an email message directly to Maxon USA at order-usa@maxon.net , make sure to put "PaulBabb-CE6" in the subject line. Within the body of the email give them your postal/shipping mailing address. That's it, soon your CD will arrive and you can register it. Also you will be offered the chance to upgrade ($99) it to Cinema4D CE+ which is a version that allows you to render at higher resolutions.

In summary:

Send an email to -- order-usa@maxon.net

Type this into the subject line: PaulBabb-CE6

In the message give them your mailing address. Might not hurt to let them know which operating system you use - Windows or Mac.


If you have questions, post them here at this thread and I will see that they are answered quickly.

Sincerely,

Mark Burginger




---------- --- Pros and Cons of C4D CE version. --- -----------

Pros:

(1) It will allow you to load 3ds exports from ArchiCAD
(2) It will allow you to SAVE your work. (fully compatible with later upgrade products such as C4D v9)
(3) It will allow you to RENDER and SAVE the rendered image without watermarks. (render size limited to 640 x 480 - see note*)
(4) It allows you to have several FREE C4D workstations that can work separately to create scenes, the work can be merged together later.
(5) Exports in several different formats including VRML2 - allowing your work to advance to other products such as WireFusion.
(6) Your special order via this offer will be ( Postage Free ) compliments of MAXON.

* note - You can upgrade CE6 to CE+ for $99 and remove the rendering size limitation during registration.


Cons:

(1) Not available online for instant download - you need to email your request for the CD and it will be sent to your- but at least the postage is free.

(2) This version of C4D will not work with the Maxon Plug-in product called, ArchiCAD eXchange. The newly released ArchiCAD eXchange plug-in allows you to work with both Cinema4D and ArchiCAD together so that you can update changes in the model from ArchiCAD without disturbing the lights, cameras, animations and materials defined in the C4D version of the project. This product really works great and I hope to post a full review of it soon.

(3) Of course it will not do radiosity rendering. Samples of what rendering quality it can attain will be posted here at this thread.



Consider this, Maxon is owned by Nemetaschek the makers of a competitive product for ArchiCAD. However, Maxon's main interest is in advancing the art of computer generated imagery. They have worked very hard to make their product open and compatible with a number of other modelling programs, ArchiCAD, Allplan, NXN Alienbrain, RPC, Vectorworks, etc.

Paul Babb admires the field of architecture and has promoted the development of a plug-in that allows more ArchiCAD users into the C4D arena.


To learn more about Maxon and Paul Babb see:

http://www.maxon.net

http://www.planit3d.com/source/interviews/maxon.html

Link to purchase ArchiCAD eXchange plugin which now works with ArchiCAD 9 and Cinema4D r9.

Go to http://www.MAXON.net -- and click on the lower right link to ARCHITECTURE.

or

http://www.maxonshop.com/cgi-bin/us/gp?pg=products/plugins.archicad

[Anonymous]

Burginger wrote:
I know everyone knows about this great C4D site:

http://www.maxon.net/~deepshade/

but I just wanted to make sure.

I just got my copy of 'cinema 4D CE 6' ... quite excited to use it! Thanks for the link Burginger. I wanted to ask you though...are those libraries (found in: http://www.maxon.net/~deepshade/) already in the C4D CE 6 package? Or are they additional 'skins' that we could add-on to our C4D CE 6 software? Thanks in advance.

Oh, before I forget, thanks for the great tutorial Stefan. Straight to the point and useful tips. I downloaded that "50grey" plug-in you mentioned about...just curious, Are there any other useful plug-ins that might be handy when using C4D CE 6? Thank you as well.

I'll be starting to use C4D in about a week. The examples posted here were quite astonishing. Great job! to the team behind the development of Cinema 4D.

[Anonymous]

They are procedural shaders written for C4D specifically. You can apply them to objects, cut the object with bolean operations and still see the shader inside the object. One among many advantages of such shaders. Understand it is not a bitmap texture.

Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Being that Cinema4D r 9.6 is out there making the news. I wanted to bring this topic back alive.

The link: http://www.maxon.net/jumps/prog/ce6_us_architectural.html

Is still active. It is a great way to introding yourself to the world of Maxon.

Enjoy.

See also: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=12074