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Harald Schneider, CTO and co-founder of MAXON states: “With the Python connection for our products we want to offer an easy and flexible option of adding custom functionality for both users and developers alike. Python is the easiest and most flexible solution.”

Until the integraton of Py4D into CINEMA 4D has been completed, the most current beta version, including documentation, is available free of charge on this page.

After 2005 and 2007 the User Meeting of MAXON takes place again in Cologne, Germany. For two days you can enjoy several presentations or Making-Ofs about CINEMA 4D. You can also meet other people or visit workshops to dive into the part you are interested in. To order your ticket, just visit the MAXONSHOP. The closing date is 22, Sep 2009. I am looking forward to seeing you

Please remember, this User Meeting takes place in German, a good command of the German language might be very helpful. For more information about the User Meeting visit this page.

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here I am again. Yesterday I released the first version of Py4D and I am very happy to see that so many people like to see Python in CINEMA 4D. I am glad to see that all systems are still running (otherwise they didn’t wrote me a mail ). I found out that a lot of people know Python or just have heard of it because its already implemented in all the other applications like Maya or Blender.

But it seems there are a lot of beginners who have a big package like Python in CINEMA 4D now, and they don’t know how to start, even the package contains some examples. I will try to make some stuff for beginners which you will get from this blog (please give me some days).

There is one thing which some people didn’t understand. Some of the example files did not work. Thats because you need Thinking Particles and if its not installed on your system, these files doesn’t work. I will try to make a popupbox if a module is missing.

I got several questions which I want to answer here:

What can I do when Py4D will expire on 03/15/2009?
Py4D is so big (at least for me) that I can’t fix all bugs until this date. A few days before your Py4D Version will expire, you can visit this site again and create a new serial which will extend the period for your Py4D Version. Please note, if Py4D has expired, you can’t activate it again. So please generate a new serial in time.

How much will Py4D cost?
When it’s done I will give you an answer  but it will be fair – really.

Can I protect the sourcecode of my own plugins?
You can do that with a compiler when Py4D is really done. This compiler will not be available for the beta version.

An update for Py4D is already in progress. See you next time and if you found a bug, please visit the forum and tell me what you have done.
Cheers,

Sebastian