As you may or may not have notice my last post on tom3d4.com was almost a year ago this isn’t because I gave up or moved on its because I got tired of modelling constantly and never having anything to show for it, When I started this site I always intended to have loads of new content every week but there are now thousands of sites like mine and with huge sites like turbosquid.com it kind of make my efforts pointless!
I have spent almost a year learning new skills from scratch, I got the idea to used my CAD skills to enable me to actually manufacture my designs, To accomplish this I had to completely learn new software, I chose Solidworks because of it great CAM integration. I have spent months doing online tutorials reading books on the program and have finally got to grips with it and I can tell you that its very different to Cinema 4D.
Learning new software was the simple part of my plan the biggest problem I had was how to manufacture the CAD models, I thought of having them made professionally but that was to expensive, I thought about buying a 3D Printer but that was even more expensive and not very versatile and then I stated to learn about CNC Milling, Its the cheaper option but perhaps the more technical one. I spent £2000/$3200 on a basic CNC machine, I've had it for 6 months and to begin with I thought I was going to be able to do amazingly complex things and make a ton of money but the learning curve was and is still huge! Remember too that I'm learning everything from free online sources, I have had no professional help.
I will admit that I greatly over estimated how easy it would be manufacture my designs using the CNC Machine but I have lowered my ambition and have started very small and I'm slowly become more and more proficient at using the machine, I have goals in mind of what I want to manufacture in the future (more on that later) but for know I just want to tell you about my first saleable creations!!
I'll tell you all about it in a few days, So check back soon.
Tom
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This is a C++ plugin for Cinema 4D which can give a dynamic thickness to an object.
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I'll model the new controller next and post it in the next few days.
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Disable / enable all textures of a scene.
How to create a shortcut for this plugin :
You must installed the plugin : put it in the MAXON > CINEMA 4D > plugins directory and restart Cinema 4D
1. Open the Command Manager with going to Menu Window > Layout > Command Manager or with pressing Shift+F12.
2. In the Name Filter field write : "xsTextureSwitch".
3. Select the plugin by clicking on its name.
4. Choose your shortcut in the field in the right bottom corner of the window.
Advice : avoid shortcut like "A", "G", etc : they are already taken by Cinema 4D's main functions, choose a shortcut like Alt+X or something like that (except if you agree to erase an already existing shortcut).
5. Click on "Assign".
6. If the shortcut is already taken or may enter in conflict with an other, a warning message will be display.
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Remove all texture tags from nonexistent materials in a single click.
Download xsTextureTags R12
Download xsTextureTags older version
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Clone the selected points, polygons or edges.
Download EasyClone R12
Download EasyClone R11.5 (Py4D Free plugin)
Download EasyClone older version
Cinema 4D plugin developed originally by Ian Gorse then rehabilitated to work with the R12.
EasyClone will clone the selected points, polygons or edges just like the Cinema4D's clone command, except EasyClone doesn't have any kind of GUI to interupt workflow. Infact EasyClone is really basic, simply executing the plugin makes an instant clone of points, polygons, edges and automatically selects them to modify with standard Cinema4D tools.
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