Real Edge to Line with Cinema 4D Scene Nodes

[@dsofe4879]

I really appreciate these tutorials, as someone just getting into scene nodes, it's nice to see some more advanced examples of what's possible with this feature. In future videos, would you consider including more detailed explanations for those of us without a programming background? I would love to truly understand the *why* instead of just the *how* , especially when it comes to iterating over points, building arrays and assembling splines. I must admit, that part went mostly over my head.

[@realruckli]

Glad you like it. And yes i always try to improve my explanation skills 😉, sometimes a bit difficult because i‘m not a master in speeking fluent english :) . I can recommend learning some programing basics when you like to dive deep in scene nodes, at the end its nothing else than visual programing, same with xpresso.

[@noise2539]

@@realruckli which programming language should I get into, in order to understand xpresso and scene nodes logic?

[@realruckli]

@@noise2539 it doesnt realy matter, the one that you can provit the most of. I can recommend python, processing or java script. The base concepts are in all programing languages the same

[@heraxvot6609]

Thank you that's what I need, I've been trying to do such a setup for a year))

[@RemoGambacciani]

Pure knowledge gold...as always 🤘 Thanks for sharing 💪

[@milhouse777]

Wow, that's brilliant!

[@traegami]

thank you Dominik

[@Sarakemelinpscheidt]

How do I get the object to appear in the render? When I render it doesn't show up (Octane render)

[@realruckli]

Im not a octane guy, so im not 100% sure. But maybe there is also a solution via octane render tag. Otherwise you can sweep your splines

[@ericliss9600]

This is absolutely crazy. How the heck did you figure all this out? You have a deep understanding of Nodes. Question: Is there a way to have lines only generated from front facing polygons? I know rocket lasso sells a spline plugin that does this.

[@realruckli]

Yes of course, I think you have do delete the ploygons which are facing away from the camera first. Not sure, but i think there is a selection node that can do this. Otherwise you can calculate a dot product from the normals to the camera direction to do it manualy. Maybe i‘ll try this later :)

[@realruckli]

There was a selection node for that :) . I added the new scene file on gumroad

[@hrihori_art]

It looks very complicated, but thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@realruckli]

Hi design8744, let me know if there is anything you do not understand, i will be happy to help :)

[@caimax3075]

hi, thanks for sharing. how to convert mesh edge to line in Modifier group? I tried C4D edge to line node and the technic in this tutorial , but it seems not work in modifier group.

[@realruckli]

The Nodes Modifier can just output the same type as the input. So when you input a mesh it cant output splines, and of course the other way around. You can use a Nodes Mesh, a Nodes Spline or an Object Group Capsule instead

[@Dirk_Rauscher]

This is brillant! Thanks so much. one Thing: When I render in Redhift I dont get it animated, the animation (Plain Effector, Noise to Scale) is only visible in the viewport. Do you have an Idea?

[@realruckli]

@@Dirk_Rauscher hhhnn thats wired, should definitely work. You can send me your scene file via mail (in the channel description) so I can check

[@Mbitionz]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I have a question: is it possible to limit the edge node to generate only selected edges?

[@realruckli]

Yep of course. I added an aditional example file to gumroad. have fun :)

[@Mbitionz]

@@realruckli Thank you so much for adding an extra example file on Gumroad! I really appreciate it and can't wait to check it out. 😃

[@christianmatts1211]

Thank you for the tutorial. as c4d does, 6 months later, the version im on already doesnt match what you are showing. 3:29 + 3:44 child doesn't show up and the setting menu to set scen as obj is gone/moved. edit, i also dont know anything about nodes to know where they might have moved things. 4:08 - geometry doesnt show as lines

[@realruckli]

Thanks. Yes scene nodes are still in developement, so stuff has changed. I'll check the setup and upload an update to gumroad

[@christianmatts1211]

@@realruckli ha, i didn't even notice the gum road link. i was able to get it to work, c4d moved the scene port mode setting 3:33, which i think is what was tripping me up.

[@christianmatts1211]

@@realruckli for anyone else looking believe - after you click - children, its under the advanced tab

[@mister13sud]

merci pour le tuto

[@hoaeto2180]

its an awesome tutorial but i'm still need the After Effects tutorial to create the same as final results in your intro please i mean the compositing to create the smae glowing results

[@realruckli]

Its the glow from Redshift Post-Effects, no After-Effects ;) . But if you like to have nice and easy glow in After-Effects i can recommend the plugin "Deep Glow"

[@hoaeto2180]

@@realruckli thank you very much 🙏

[@philippeLebret]

If it is possible for you to make a tutorial (from A to Z) for totally newbies with this C4D node system ?

[@realruckli]

Hi Philippe, I'm planing two new tutorials, but they are both more in the advanced range. If you can tell me where you mostly get stuck or what confuses you the most, I can plan to do a tutorial in this direction. A completely beginners guide is not planned at the moment.

[@AmidouKOne-fv4br]

@@realruckli Hi, could you do a tutorial on container data types. it's really confusing because as soon as we change the type the node turns red. For example with the Geometry Property get node, an array comes out of which I don't know what exactly the data refers to apart from the index. and if I use a decompose container and change the data type the connection line turns red. I wonder what all these types of data grouped by category can be used for, which I don't understand either. THANKS

[@realruckli]

​ @AmidouKOne-fv4br Yep it is a bit confusing at first, but if you get used to it, it is actually a really clever and powerful system. A container is usually a collection of arrays; for example all the distributions are containers containing for example an array for position, color, index, etz. You can access and write array data with the nodes "get element" and "set element". If you like to iterate over an array, you can do this with a "range" node in combination with the get and set element nodes. If you like to iterate over a whole collection, you can do this with the "Iterate collection" node, it gives you the same elements as the "decompose container", but you are already inside an iterating loop and don't have to iterate manually with the "range" and "get element" nodes. That's why the input and output ports look different. An array has these four small squares as port and a single value (or an already iterating value) a small circle. Maybe I'll do a simple tutorial about this topic in the future. But first, I have some other exciting ones in the pipeline, they are using both of the concepts mentioned above.

[@AmidouKOne-fv4br]

@@realruckli Thanks for the reply, until then I will continue to try to better understand the subject. Also your tutorials are rich and above all take us out of our comfort zones to be better. thanks again

[@davideghirelli4453]

you can just use the swipe

[@milda197905]

This is super cool. Unfortunately, still way too complex (I'm real beginner in nodes). Could someone recommend any useful examples that describes the logic of the whole thing?

[@realruckli]

Yes node systems are sometimes a bit hard to get in to. I can recommend the scene files that maxon provides, they are sorted from beginner to advanced. You‘ll find them in the asset browser. And maybe i‘ll do a beginners series in the future, but first i have some other things i like to release.

[@3dcloud]

Cool ))

[@visualscience2502]

yo please make more node tutorials

[@realruckli]

hi visualscience2502, yep there are already some new ones in the pipeline ;)