Chamfer Maker is a generator plugin that allows you to add
beveled edges to any 3D object, procedural or polygonal, while
keeping the object manager tree fully procedural. This means, you
can get nice accentuated edges that will make your renders look
much more realistic while keeping the power to change things after
the fact.
It also has a few extra tricks under its sleeve for dealing with
geometry a bit more complicated.
Since Chamfer Maker uses CINEMA 4D's bevel tool under the hood, which
was recently updated by MAXON the plugin was changed to make use of the
new tool.
The plugin keeps the old interface while providing a mode for R15 with
the new bevel tool interface and tries to emulate the old bevel tool
presets like Convex, Concave, etc. as well as possible. This was done
to support opening of older scenes that were saved with the plugin in
effect.
However, note that since the bevel tool changed dramatically there will
be differences. Most notably:
-
the Variance parameter is gone. In the old tool this gave you random
point offsets on top of the bevel. Variance in the old interface now
changes the new bevel tool's Tension parameter which most closely
resembles the old effect. It is, then, no longer random but uniform. -
the triangulation of the newly inserted edges uses a different algorithm.
This should only matter in complex models that need a large bevel.
The new bevel tool in R15 behaves differently depending on the currently
active modelling mode. Right now Chamfer Maker does not follow this
behavior and supports edge mode only. I may change this in the future.
Also, the depending on the performance of the new bevel tool the plugin
may excibit better or worse performance than before.
Compile and install to CINEMA 4D's plugin folder
(or the equivalent in the user preferences folder).
If you do not want to compile the plugin, you can find
a pre-compiled binary distribution in the dist folder
of this repository. You don't have to fork the repository.
If you wish you don't even have to download the complete
repository ZIP file that includes the source.
Just browse to the dist folder in this repository and
click "View Raw" on one of the ZIP files found in the dist
folder to download just that ZIP.
This version of the plugin only supports CINEMA 4D R15 and later.
Older versions for R12 through R14 are included in the dist ZIP and
the source for those versions can be found at the old repository.
The source included in this repository will not compile with older
CINEMA 4D versions and their APIs.
If you want to use the included Xcode 4/VisualStudio 2012 projects
it is crucial to put the downloaded source folder inside CINEMA 4D's
plugin directory, under the main installation path (as opposed to
the plugin folder found in user prefs). This is because all paths
relevant to the compiler/linker are set up relative to the main
plugin folder.
Go to the Plugins menu, choose Chamfer Maker.
This will instantiate the generator object in the Object Manager.
From hereon you can put the model objects you want bevelled under the
generator object just as you would with any generator (e.g. a HyperNURBS).
In the generators Attribute Manager interface set the targeting mode
and bevel away.
Created by Antosha Marchenko in 2006.
Updated and maintained from the 2006 source code by yours truly.
Copyright 2006, Antosha Marchenko
Copyright 2011, 2013, André Berg
Since I couldn't find a license notice with the source I downloaded,
I am putting it under the following license:
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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