Sweeps and Rail Splines in Cinema 4D

More info at the rail spline post: jamie3d.com/?p=...

[@alanstreluk8669]

A 7 year old tutorial which is still proving really useful! Thank you!

[@JCShannon]

10 years on and still holding true! Thanks for this tip 🔥

[@ejicon3099]

What a thorough, thought out tutorial. LOVE THIS. Thank you

[@reggulus652]

Very helpful. For people seeing this with a newer version of C4D, the Reverse Point Order command is found in the Spline > Point Order menu

[@DylanusPrime]

Holy crap! After all this time!! Finally ... This is great, Legend!

[@DoctorMGL]

you search for a solution for R23 and you find one for R14 and its actually works lmao that was very beneficial thank you

[@davidsawchak4575]

It finally makes sense! I especially appreciate how you covered all the "gotchas" - like how the spline direction being reversed wrecks the whole thing. If I stumbled on that myself, I'd have given up and tried something else, without ever realizing the solution.

[@bertnealy8079]

Thx for all your clear and very professional tutorials

[@9000knobs]

How can you not give this a +1 ... Awesome, thank you.

[@MySonyVegas]

Believe it or not, exactly what I needed right now, thanks :)

[@VitoLee]

believe me or not, me too :D :D

[@nikkilovescake434]

Thank you this was amazingly explained and straight to the point with all the caveats. Thank you!

[@dariaakturk1402]

That is what I excaitly need! I am very very thankful for your share!

[@nigelwright9663]

This is awesome! I've been racking my brains trying figure this out. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@feralkatt]

Very nice, well explained, and helpful. Thanks for taking the time to do this. :-)

[@SK-S2N]

Jamie, Our Lord & Our Saviour.

[@jaycaldwell4518]

Yes, this process fixed my twisting issue. You solved hours of my frustration. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[@UgurEnginDeniz]

Good one, -create outline- was something I've been desperately needing for various reasons

[@UgurEnginDeniz]

By the way, this isn't a strong comment, rather anectodal; I'd be glad if you'd have a channel on vimeo. I came by your first tutorial coincidentally, I almost never search youtube to learn about stuff since there's way too many junk tuts. The community is tighter on vimeo, which may mean better exposition for you. Just an idea.

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Top Quark Thanks for the feedback! I make zero money from these tutorials, and Vimeo's upload limits and HD limits are rather annoying (when you upload as much as I do, Vimeo ain't exactly free). As long as this is a hobby for me, and there's no revenue stream, I'll stick to KZbin. Either way, you've found my channel, so be sure to check back every week or two. You can even subscribe and you'll get email notifications if you want.

[@UgurEnginDeniz]

Jamie Hamel-Smith Yep, I've been checking back abruptly when I come to listen to some music. I'm not sure about the usefulness of it, but the new tip jar function may create some revenue. Pro vs. regular user may be a hassle though.

[@Br4nTheBuilder]

7 Years later, still helpful!

[@michasowik2438]

Excellent tutorial! Really helped me out.

[@gustavsrensen177]

Thank you! Still relevant today

[@Radhika2149]

Whao, this is so good. Very well explained. Answers all of my doubts about custom ramps, landscaping etc and made things so much easier in real time. Thanks a lot for sharing this, man. Hi 5! Good luck.

[@jboxy]

Wow thanks, I was so confused to get this working!

[@yhk4651]

You just saved my life..

[@Voolcan]

got a problem, if I want to create ascending stairs with spline ummm how can i make them straight aswell I use cub as stair object + cloner + spline + spline effector and from there as i create the outline im unable to apply the reverse method.

[@artkiko4460]

Jamie, your tuts and teaching style are So Awesome and helpful. I"m working on a scene with laces that loop through grommets - like a sneaker. Is this the best way to tackle that or do you think I should look into Spline IK? thanks.

[@regiessoi]

2021,06 --> NICE!!! Thanks

[@spandauspandau]

amazing. This has been bugging me for a while. Thank you!

[@JamieHamelSmith]

No problem! I hope it helps.

[@stanjohnson4142]

Nice one Jamie, looking forward to using your tip soon!

[@mihaiwilson]

Solid gold. Thank you!

[@BlackNapkin61]

All your tutorials are top! BIG! thanks

[@Phsiris01]

Is there a way to apply a similar outline effect to the step effector? So that it scales the shapes in a similar way to the spline outline.

[@phalleak_01]

Thanks for the Tips! Very Helpful! For Whom, who search for "Control Direction of cross section shape along the spline in sweep in cinema 4d ". This is it.

[@ImranRasheedBhatti]

Hats off Bro!

[@ArgoBeats]

this is VERY cool! Thanks Jamie

[@aliwayne4]

Thank you so much, learned a new thing which is the rail! used sweep million time and didn't know about the rails 😁 Thank you Thank you 😊

[@maximilianyuen]

precisely what I am seeking, quality stuff.

[@franzsi]

Excellent, this is what i was looking for. Thank you very much.

[@OmniPeasant]

Thank you!

[@LennyTrees]

Thanks for this! Here in 2020

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Right on, I'm glad it can still help today 😅

[@siesam20]

Hey Jamie, great video its just i have the old cinema 4D from 2012 i couldn't find the create outline option. Is there another way other then scaling?

[@TheTrunGtrunG]

Exactly what i needed. Thanks !

[@HoboMincer]

Well that just made my day! I made 1 track and hated it. then found this and boom. love it

[@ardac41]

Perfect tutorial. Thanks for the effort !

[@TheMrjayuz]

This is Magic. Ty

[@michaelaforeman3393]

trying to do this but when i get to the outline section, as soon as i move my wacom pen a millimetre, it shoots out like 10 miles, i cant get the spline to be tiny maybe its a wacom thing

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Yeah that sounds like a C4D problem. Maybe your scale is all messed up?

[@vechaSlav]

awesome! thank you so much

[@tuliosounds]

nice, but can't you just turn banking of en then bank your track manually just by rotating the points ?

[@uwebuchner5321]

simple and simply perfect explanation. thanx a lot!!!!

[@IzzyTheEditor]

Perfect tip Jamie!! Thanks again!

[@bbrachman]

Jamie!!! This solved my problem. Perfectly. I am creating straps for bags and could not figure out how to make them behave correctly. Adding the rail spline is the answer. I have to try it with an open spline. I wonder if the create outline works with an open spline. I will check. Thank you.

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Great! Yes, create outline works with an open spline but it creates a closed spline in the process. You can separate them afterwards however.

[@sharpspike06]

OMG IM GOING TO USE THIS RAIL SPLINE METHOD TO CREATE FANCY SCHMANCY FUTURISTIC ROADS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

[@mathewmatic364]

Hi, please help at sweeps object. In this video you can see he make the round head at sweeps. It always flat to me. I want it round like that. Please help.

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Are you talking about the Fillet Cap option? I’ve not used C4D in a while, but I think it’s still called that.

[@optimus6858]

thanks a ton

[@daringetae5136]

Thanks man. Very nice explained.

[@MarcoCapelli74]

This helped a lot. Thank you!

[@alexdelker]

You are the MAN!

[@shimetina]

Excellent tip, thanks a lot!

[@Rubberduck121]

Perfectly explained, Thank you.

[@amateurstuff]

lol @ 3:20 "Kind of made it so that you're almost guaranteed to fall off at this point" sounds like a Demetri Martin joke.

[@bradlahey007]

Any tips on adding a road texture to this so the lines of the road curve with the track?

[@JamieHamelSmith]

The object automatically generates UV coordinates, so you should be able to apply a repeating texture that way.

[@fuelthefission9173]

Thanks alot mate. Really appreciate it :D

[@EliaForce1984ita]

Can you make a tutorial on how to "twist polygons" ? If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I can explain you better, it's a thing that I still haven't figured out very properly and also a feature that I really need to know for my modeling needings.

[@canbabalik3092]

thanks!

[@ledsonvanini7421]

Muito esclarecedor. Obrigado

[@ssslava]

Thaaaank you!

[@pz7510]

Super helpful, thanks!

[@bitteryinzer]

hello, what would you suggest if you wanted to create a loop in a track?

[@JamieHamelSmith]

You would use the same technique, but you have to loop both the path spline and the rail spline together.

[@scotthocheder1162]

saved my life

[@JamieHamelSmith]

+Scott Hocheder Happy to help!

[@berhanutesfaye8109]

thank you so much!

[@kaisinzinger5521]

Nice one!! Thanks a lot!

[@jamesamoros6196]

super helpful

[@wolskye]

thanks man! you really helped me out

[@pwing15]

your voice. i LOVE IT

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Thanks! ^^

[@jeric_synergy8581]

This is SOOOooo helpful.

[@a__ed7445]

thanks very helpful

[@desongvilla]

Great

[@swaasish]

thanks bro, u r awesome...

[@BRODZELi]

thanks

[@johndemsay230]

thanks a lot!

[@xandermcn]

thanks, very helpful

[@tsedik]

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

[@tinabezic5827]

thank you! :)

[@daothao4971]

Thank you alot!

[@NIGHTMAREXn]

You save me. thanks!!

[@23232323rdurian]

that was great! thank you! you taught a a lot...I find Cinema4D Lite real slippery and elusive....no proper manual...

[@halfcalf72]

Can this be applied to modeling a Cancer Awareness ribbon?

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Yes!

[@ashwagers]

Just don't use this technique for AIDS ribbons. It just doesn't work for some reason. Please let me know if you find a workaround!

[@stevedoetsch]

8:50 Jee-Omma-Tree!

[@swaasish]

following u

[@TommyLikeTom]

Please just get to the point faster. all I wanted to know is that you put the spline in the sweep. That's all. C4D sucks because whenever you need to know something you have to watch a fucking video. Blender is so much easier to learn

[@JamieHamelSmith]

Are you whining about my pacing to 2020 Jamie? Or 6 years ago Jamie who published this video? I'm confused. Either way... you're welcome, and I hope you found the info you needed.