#C4DQuickTip

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz (@jonaspilz3d) shows how to create vertex maps on generators and splines and use them to mask cloth and rope simulation in Cinema 4D. You will also learn what a vertex map is and what other use cases exist.
Free assets from the Cinema 4D Asset Browser used in this Quick Tip:
Photo Studio - Soft Shadows
Recorded in Cinema 4D 2023.1.
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[@user-di4ej1pl8w]

This has saved my life for a professional project. Thank you!

[@SandroSanakoti]

What a time to be alive! On previous versions I had to make very intricate setups with duplicated meshes as cloth belts. Non of them were generators of course. And now voila you have it with two clicks!

[@ExpressoMechanicTV]

Fab - thanks for sharing!

[@timothypumphrey3210]

These tips always inspire me to create something!

[@JosephWraith]

Fantastic!

[@eddierobbertse8957]

Wow, great stuff!

[@jmricks]

Love these quick tips!

[@Chewbacca2000]

Thanks!!

[@sidrykchewo]

The quick tips are very useful - since a long time! Could you please post a link to the file shown in each tutorial?

[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

I wish I had that gold texture!

[@kickheavy8982]

Have you tried using cloth tear along with this technique? I put my cloth tag directly on the generator the same way you did in this video and I checked cloth tear. When I hit play, the faces of the cloth sim went crazy and all over the place. Very similar to the way a cloth tear sim does when it's not under a cloth surface object.

[@Vmshipe]

I love these quick tips! Is there a way to use vertex maps, or effectors to control the opacity of an object through the field?

[@Havealot]

You can use vertex maps in a shader to drive transparency or alpha

[@INIGOINCHAURRAGA]

more of vertex maps please

[@astro_case]

Thanks for posting this! How come my cloth tag properties looks different from yours? I don't have all those extra tabs you have. Mix Animations, Soft Body, etc.. I think I'm on the same C4D release as you.

[@BEST_LUL]

[@fluxstandard8364]

vertex map gets deleted when i make a field and using a balloon tag - anyone know why on friends computer

[@RockwellProducts]

I tried my best to copy this setup exactly and the Vertex Map tag won't apply. Anybody know why? Is this just a bug?

[@RockwellProducts]

It's because I was using R26 and not 2023. Woops!

[@drewalbritton1625]

@@RockwellProducts thank you so much for this comment. I could not wrap my mind around why this wasn't working.

[@ulugbekrustamov8299]

What if there is no vertex map in Cinema 4D R26 :((((((((((((((((

[@pixelasm]

HEY!