PLUGINS CE6+ DOES NOT WORK

[Anonymous]

I`m using Cinema 4D CE¨+ but even when I put the plugins that come with the software in the plugin folder the plugin menu always be empty.
Would someone help me ?

[Anonymous]

It would be easier to help you if you described in more detail the plug-ins, etc. Looking in preferences/plugins is where you see which plug-in you have going. Maxon has a responsive tech-support at: MAXON Support US <techsupport_us@maxon.net>

[Anonymous]

I have the following PLUGINS in the PLUGIN`s FOLDER:

- 50grEy - allows you to simulate a GI solution using a light dome in V6
- bhoudNUT FRESNEL - comes with the software
- BVH - comes with the software
- Maxwell ( I tried to make it work but it´s not for version 6 )
- RES

Each one has an specifc folder in the PLUGIN folder.

The Cinema 4D CE6+ has only the following menu ways for configurations:

- MENU EDIT > PROJECT SETTINGS
- MENU EDIT > GENERAL SETTINGS

I could not find PREFERENCES in the menus. None of the following menu ways has an specific configuration for plugins

People in the tech support only works with the version 8 or later. This what they said as an answer of my last support message. So I think there is no available support for version 6. Maybe I am wrong.

Forgive my grammatical english language errors. In Brazil we speak Portuguese.
THANKS A LOT.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, your version is so far removed from my current configuration. I cannot help with any advice that would help.

[stefan]

Luis wrote:
I have the following PLUGINS in the PLUGIN`s FOLDER:

- 50grEy - allows you to simulate a GI solution using a light dome in V6
- bhoudNUT FRESNEL - comes with the software
- BVH - comes with the software
- Maxwell ( I tried to make it work but it´s not for version 6 )
- RES

Each one has an specifc folder in the PLUGIN folder.

The Cinema 4D CE6+ has only the following menu ways for configurations:

- MENU EDIT > PROJECT SETTINGS
- MENU EDIT > GENERAL SETTINGS

I could not find PREFERENCES in the menus. None of the following menu ways has an specific configuration for plugins

People in the tech support only works with the version 8 or later. This what they said as an answer of my last support message. So I think there is no available support for version 6. Maybe I am wrong.

Forgive my grammatical english language errors. In Brazil we speak Portuguese.
THANKS A LOT.

I still use the C4D CE version (without the plus).

Every plugin is installed in the Cinema4D\Plugins folder, where each plugin has its own folder.

E.g. C:\Cinema 4D CE 6\Plugins\50grey\
This folder contains the 50grEy.cob, 50grEy.cof and tif files.

E.g. C:\Cinema4D CE 6\Plugins\bhodiNUT FRESNEL\
This folder contains cdl, mdl and xdl files and res, resources and strings subfolders.

[stefan]

And now the folder structure. I've collected a few plugins, some of them do not show up, since they are not compatible, but I didn't bother to remove them.

[Anonymous]

HY STEFAN

I DID JUST LIKE YOU SAID TO ME AND THEN I COULD SEE THE PLUGINS AT THE MENU LIST BUT THIS LIST WAS ALWAYS GREYED.

I SPENT SOME TIME TRYIND TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONS. I THINK
I GOT PART OF THE ANSWER

THERE PLUGINS THAT BECAME AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE KIND OF OBJECT IS SELECTED. I STILL DON´T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND.

OTHERS PLUGINS ARE USED AS A TAG ADDED TO A SELECTED OBJECT. 50gREY IS ONE OF THIS PLUGINS BUT EVERY TIME I TO ADD THIS TAG I GET THE MESSAGE - " NO LIGHT DOME OBJECT FOUND-YOU MUST USE A POLYGON OBJECT AND A VALID NAME"
COULD YOU HELP AGAIN ??

THANKS A LOT.

[stefan]

Luis wrote:
HY STEFAN

I DID JUST LIKE YOU SAID TO ME AND THEN I COULD SEE THE PLUGINS AT THE MENU LIST BUT THIS LIST WAS ALWAYS GREYED.

I SPENT SOME TIME TRYIND TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONS. I THINK
I GOT PART OF THE ANSWER

THERE PLUGINS THAT BECAME AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE KIND OF OBJECT IS SELECTED. I STILL DON´T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND.

OTHERS PLUGINS ARE USED AS A TAG ADDED TO A SELECTED OBJECT. 50gREY IS ONE OF THIS PLUGINS BUT EVERY TIME I TO ADD THIS TAG I GET THE MESSAGE - " NO LIGHT DOME OBJECT FOUND-YOU MUST USE A POLYGON OBJECT AND A VALID NAME"
COULD YOU HELP AGAIN ??

THANKS A LOT.

(Turn of CAPS LOCK, please.)

You have to read the documentation for the available plugins.

A polygon object means that the object is not parametric anymore. You can turn any object into a polygonal mesh, but it will loose its creation parameters then.

What you did was selecting a parametric object (e.g a Sphere, with a Sphere icon) and then tried to add the tag. The tag has a "name" field, which is the text of the object it is looking for. This is by default called "use a polygon mesh", which is obviously not a valid object, but a hint to what the tag requires.

Click on the icon in the toolbar at the left "Make Object Editable" (the one with the orange vase pointing at a blue vase). This turns the selected object into a polygon mesh. Give it a clear name, e.g. "DOME".

Now apply the tag again (remove the previous one) and type "DOME" into the text field that requires the name. What happens now is that the 50grey plugin automatically creates a lightsource on every vertex of the mesh.