HardSurface Modeling Tips and Techniques in Cinema4D

[@lucasjorgefreitas1437]

HOLYY SHIITTT I LOVE YOU I'VE BEEN SEARCHING AROUND THE INTERNET FOR 5 HOURS AND THEN NOW IT'S OVER FINALLY I LOVE YOU MAAN

[@alainbernard7711]

Hi from france. Un grand merci à toi. Depuis que j'ai commencé à me former à C4D sur internet ce tuto est le plus utile parmi tout ceux que j'ai pu voir. Plus de 10 heures de formation sur un site payant et rien sur les techniques de modélisation avancées. Tu m'as sauvé la vie. Facile avec C4D de mettre des cubes dans des cloneurs et de faire des effets impressionnants en bougeant des curseurs. Par contre être propre et efficace en modélisation, c'est là que le vrai travail commence. Grâce à toi j'ai pû enfin avancer car tu as répondu à beaucoup des question sur lesquelles je bloquais.

[@Movebiggies]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@Fleetoash]

i watched alot of tutorial but never see before like that. So clear and understandngi Already subcrided you perfect👍

[@anaszaki8522]

still comming back to this brother

[@gabriellepavajeau803]

i really apreciate your help with dowloanding this software

[@erikamillan2193]

THANK YOU!!! You have no idea how much tNice tutorials video helps!

[@marcellofarella5233]

I've been using cinema 4d for a long time and in this video you showed a few tricks I didn't know about. Keep up the good work!!

[@Elysian_anglos]

know where to start a new soft and I didn't know how to switch from soft to . You are the best THANK YOU FOR NOT

[@arianearquivos7522]

So informative, thanks a lot!

[@MarkShawMedia]

Thank you for this simple tutorial. I've been looking for something like this to get me started in the fundamentals as they are surprisingly difficult to find on line.

[@MrFedX]

Simple but incredibly useful ways to create complex shapes and still keep a nice topology. I will put this to use right away!

[@TheAnpu]

Enjoy man :D

[@bossj8291]

thank you for sharing this with us!!!

[@daniyalilyas5518]

Awesome video thank you 😊

[@vellingirigiri1632]

This is great, thank you!

[@M4s7eRSeven]

This is awesome. Thank you!

[@Bolt303]

If I want to record voice over my , should I do tNice tutorials in soft soft as well?

[@theociz7364]

wow this looks really nice

[@runninghead_media]

Your English is good and I had no trouble understanding your accent.Thanks for the tutorial!

[@maxscheerle311]

which button did you talked about at 36:20? thanks for the tutorial!

[@saidsaid-uq7uz]

thanks a lot . great tutorial. by the way your accent is great too

[@MultiMyNickName]

The CTRL Shift functionality to bend that you do at 3:30 doesn't seem to work anymore on later versions? I don't suppose you know what it was changed to after r17 do you? I cant seem to find the answer anywhere! Great tutorial, loads of very good tips! Thanks

[@MultiMyNickName]

Sorry, found it, was using the default pen, which is spline! Polygon pen works still the same!

[@ProfessorPflaume]

Just watched halfway and already got some amazingly great information. You do some stuff with those tools I did not know was possible. Adding those curves in the first model or waiting for 2 secs with the snapping tool in order to enable a certain snapping point. Never heard of those tricks before. Awesome!!! Thank you!!!

[@MegaJimbob73]

Thanks, Salah! I learnt so much in such a short time from watching this tutorial.

[@TheAnpu]

I'm delighted to hear that!!

[@McRibs]

Great tutorial. Excellent for hard surface, but also learned a really clean way to model stylized eyes through this!

[@ghandyzeidan4046]

Thankyou that was ready helpful.

[@ChrisFroyd]

Really great tutorial! Thank you for making this.

[@ChrisFroyd]

And thanks for keeping the errors you make, that helps us learn as well.

[@TheAnpu]

You're welcome man!!

[@zeewaqarhusnain1743]

Thankyou for telling about the polygon pen.

[@evgeniygolyaka4554]

Thank you! Your videos help me solve a few problems!

[@TheAnpu]

+Евгений Голяка Glad it helps you mate.

[@Darklimestudios]

If you can get through the accent and "Uhs" this is a pretty good tutorial. Ive been using Cinema for about 6 years now and learned some cool tricks.

[@TheAnpu]

u're right, but i'm working on my english constantly and i hope i can do better next time, glad u learned something from this tutorial, Cheers Man!!

[@andytonkin5227]

Some really good tips. Keep them coming. Thanks!

[@TheAnpu]

+Andy Tonkin Cheers Man!!

[@i20010]

3:20 thats Ctrl + shift, (not Alt) thanks!

[@benwest]

Does this work on S22?

[@RJMAN625]

Thanks, man. I was stuck for fucking 10 min. for this. He really should be sorry for the wrong key board short-cut.

[@mayorc]

The snap method at 14:46 where you say to click the right mouse button doesn't work for me, it opens the right button menu, can you explain the right mouse/keyboard combination to make it work.

[@vladyslavlavrenov9167]

Super great tutorial !

[@TheAnpu]

Glad you like it :D

[@tndesign83]

Thank you very useful tutorial specially for beginners in C4D

[@Super-id7bq]

Dude this is crazy haha! I have been trying to model something VERY similar to the first example the last few days and while I managed to model it fine, my UV's were a nightmare to unwrap. I was using beveled points to create the rounded edges instead of the arc tool which was giving me a shit load of shitty n-gons but your way looks so much cleaner! Thanks man :)

[@renoeditor]

The best 37 minutes and 45 seconds in my life.

[@TheAnpu]

Haha, glad it helps.

[@Atmospirit]

I just learned a lot from this tutorial. Thanks a lot.

[@TheAnpu]

+Gökhan Bıyık U're Welcome :)

[@Houdini_Bob]

very nice methods and tutorials

[@tommyrock]

Hi Salah, great tutorial but i have a question, How do you close the first geometry? you only explain how to model the top part of it.

[@chengenhsieh7084]

Hello, thanks for making this tuto first, but I have an issue at 3:41, I'm not sure what you saying is ALT+SHIFT or not, because I can't create that circle like in this tutorial, it will be very nice if you can help me, thanks again!

[@TheAnpu]

The shortcut i was holding is Ctrl+Shift not what i mentioned in the video, sorry abt that buddy.

[@chengenhsieh7084]

No prob! Hey maybe you can add some subtitles via KZbin to save some time for answering. cheers! :)

[@flow.4574]

Thanks for your share Salah, i've learn so much new things by watching this video. I mean, a lot of tips / shortcut / etc. to improve my workflow. It's a shame i didn't discover your channel earlier :D . If you read this comment, do you think you will keep post new things or you don't have the time anymore ? I will definitely love to see more advanced tips. Usually, you can find a lot of video to do complexe shape but most of the time it's not the right way (using only boolean for example, it's messed up the geometry so badly) or already seen. I'm working in architecture agency and i have to be really precise and quick in my work. So it's a gift for me to discover video like this one. I apologize for my english, this is not my native language and i'm not 100% sure you speak french ? (It would appear so).

[@TheAnpu]

I'm glad it helped buddy, i stopped posting tutorials cuz of some problems i've encountered last year, but i'm willing to make a list of new tutorials at the soonest possible (among them will be part 2 of hardsurface modeling) and yes i do understand French a bit so feel free to comment with it. Have a nice day :)

[@geoffreyvanlooy1170]

great tutorial! keep up the good work and i hope to see somemore work of you also.

[@TheAnpu]

+Geoffrey Van Looy absolutely, Thank u bruh :)) !!

[@Zoks4Ever]

You are great teacher, Mr. Salah! :)

[@TheAnpu]

Haha, thank u man

[@Vikrant261]

thanks sir for this awesome tutorial . upload more videos like this .

[@TheAnpu]

+Shivkant Sharma Sure Thing, thanks :)

[@mrphan529]

thank you good sir

[@CHEKER19]

Thanks man, it's a really nice tutorial!

[@김지우-j8k4r]

really nice tutorial. thanks!

[@TheAnpu]

+김지우 U''re welcome :))

[@kamolhakim3688]

thanks a lot bro

[@d2ka]

Really nice tutorial! I subscribed the channel hope to see more great tuts!

[@TheAnpu]

+Dariusz Delanowski Thnak u :DD

[@nganbui6090]

now i am in a good mood

[@vrckhurja2124]

do you know why and if so how do i fix it?

[@zeewaqarhusnain1743]

Ctrl Shift to create an arc. First press Ctrl Shift then go near the edge for Polygon Pen.

[@leonelgonzalez409]

on 3:30 when you do the ark, how do you do that on R17 version?

[@ol1136]

it has been very helpful . thank you so much

[@benwest]

Anyone know how to ark the edge at 3:20 on s22?

Amazing! Tks for sharing!

[@TheAnpu]

you're so welcome man!

[@markozaror3532]

Great tutorial bro!!

[@JesseSep.]

The Alt+X Command doesn't work for me! I'm working on a mac, tried every other command i could imagine. Any idea?

[@ylbers2965]

It's the Edge Cut-Tool, mate. Offset should be at 50%, Subdivisions at 1, also uncheck N-Gons

[@ignacioignacio5010]

Great Tuts Man! Thank you so much! I have a question that can not realy solve: ¿Is it possible to make high quality cars with C4D for Unreal Engine or Unity, doesent matter? The question is aimed to the reason that C4D has no Smoothing Groups (has Phong tags), that are not recognized in some baking programs, like Substance, to bake normal maps effciently. I don't like at all 3DS Max, and have the possibility to deliver some models but I'm with alot of doubts concerning the posibilities of C4D workflow in a real game pipeline. The main problem concerning high and low res meshes for the baking process. Thank you so much for your answer!

[@GhostNade]

What PC setup you have ? I have i7 haswell and GTX 660 , but if i do some fast action with knife or selection that tool fail. Selection not select all polygons or knife not cut all perfect, sometimes i need do same action 2x. For this glitches im working litle slower :D For example most glitches i got if i uncheck visible only and object still not cut on other side. btw, nice job

[@TheAnpu]

+GhostNade ur specs are pretty good for such work, i don't really get wht do u mean by glitches, can u provide a screenshot so i can know wht sort of problem is it?

[@quarlex4097]

Thank for you tutorial! It's very nice! Hello from Russia.

[@jinglebell9107]

Thank you Mr. Salah, I just Have one question, When I hit alt+shift in pen tool, it doesnt work when you want to create an arc.

[@jinglebell9107]

I got it, its not Alt+Shift as you said in the video, Its Ctrl+Shift. I have to go to another video tutorial to find how to create this arc. Anyway, Thank you again, cause I learn a lot from your tutorial.

[@alainbernard7711]

ah ah moi aussi j'ai vraiment bloqué sur ce point. Une heure de galère, passage sur PC pour savoir si cela venait de mon mac pour finalement trouver tout seul en essayant toutes les touches.

[@jinglebell9107]

Pas de problème monsieur, merci encore

[@usamashaikh89]

i dont have that preset can i get it sowhere

[@kraphik3d]

really good modeling tut of how to actually use polygon pen tool

[@Vermin80]

hey nice tut! thank you! :)

[@juanmonge5937]

appreciate it so good tutorial

[@creativteK]

Clear / simple / no extra blabla / Thx

[@THTerra]

Nice tutorial.. thanks!

[@mabri439]

Hi, this tutorial is for C4D R16. At 3.00 need poligon pen...

[@TheAnpu]

+marks brigs Yeah, i forgot to mention that, thank u for ur attention

[@mabri439]

Ok, no problem, ty for video!

[@kelvinkahagi9203]

level. Just need to take the ti to learn it.

[@alexkorniienko1256]

In second and 3th modedel have bad topology, or no ?

[@Clases3d]

cool tips, very useful

[@aircut1]

Thanks for your tutorial!

[@alilogue1104]

U BEST!!!

[@stilokun]

Cakewalk and I haven't found the courage yet to go through all the steps listed on the website to solve it. I'm tNice tutorialnking about migrating to

[@nasifu]

Great is just a word, But you prove fears on polys, Now has made me turn on your tuts dairy thanks good work, can you make one blue print like architecture ...tut. ?? pls

[@slash36966]

MASTER !!!!

[@MrMoschenGM]

Thank for you tutorial u are great

[@TheAnpu]

Thank you buddy :D

[@rudyhidalgoperez2894]

Se puede hacer en idioma español

[@cobusprinsloo]

Thanks, very useful!

[@윤효림-d6x]

i wonder 2:40 how make edges in the middle? alt + x is right? in my R18 it's not working ..... T.T

[@TheAnpu]

Yes it is alt+x it should normaly work for you. are you using mac or windows?

[@chengenhsieh7084]

I'm using Win10, alt+X is not function, may I know what's this shortcut represent?

[@ylbers2965]

@@chengenhsieh7084 The Edge Cut Tool did the trick for me. Make sure the Offset is set to 50%, Subdivions to 1 and also uncheck N-Gons

[@mr-ly4wg]

nice video ~

[@northernmotion090]

Very useful, thanks!

[@how2ae]

failed on creating arc. it creates ngons and I have no idea why I do exact what you did and get another result!

[@sandeep3dmodeller]

try to Ctrl+Shift

[@DiePixelspieler]

This helped me alot! Thank you!

[@gianflavio_]

cool tips man!

[@TheAnpu]

+Gianflavio FX Thanks buddy

[@lucacampanella1256]

Thanks for sharing

[@SagunManandhar]

Thanks so much for snapping tips. but still c4d snap doesn't work so well for me :( The guideline snap thing is sooo confusing and the last snap method of scaling the axis with ctrl right mouse seems to good so far. Anyway C4d snaps needs upgrading like in maya. :D + C4d camera needs upgrade like in maya :D :D because target camera has soo much restrictions in c4d :(

[@ricardomartins3620]

y does those keyboard shortcuts aint workng in my r12....????

[@TheAnpu]

u better get the latest version of cinema4D, cuz a lot of features i covered in this tutorial won't work in R12, like the arc tool and some shortcuts that i used in the tutorial.

[@ricardomartins3620]

Is there a way u can provide me a link to a free dowload..???

[@TheAnpu]

If u have any tutorial request, please consider replying to this comment, this way i can see all requests :))

[@MrFedX]

I would seriously need to know some strategies how to end loop cuts without getting a lot on n-gons. For example, right now I have a model with an "indent" to fit another piece and to straighten the edges I add some loop cuts. And that works, but then I have a model filled with lines and it adds complexity to keep modeling. I want to be able to get those square edges but only with cuts where I need them. So basically a tutorial on how to keep a tidy model and still have nice, clean edges would be fantastic. Not to many of them out there. :) I hope you understand what I mean, otherwise please tell me to elaborate. :) Keep up the good work!

[@TheAnpu]

Yeah, i get ur point, if u don't mind, send me the model so i can figure out a way to make it look cleaner and definitely drop a tutorial on it once i have enough time. thank u for the feedback man !! Salah.

[@MrFedX]

I´m afraid I solved my latest headache last night, but I´ll think about some scenarios where I tend to get in trouble and get back to you with a model with problem areas. :) For me, this is the one thing that irritates the most when modeling: that I´m getting cluttered meshes when I start to add details. Thank you for your time!

[@TheAnpu]

i can't agree anymore, getting a nice flow of topology and a pinch-free geometry is not an easy task to do, it needs a lot of time to master it, even if you know every motherfucking tool inside your software you'll get problems with it, but it get easier and easier over time. maybe in the next tutorial Imma talk about topology and some practical stuff like that, but i dunno when exactly, cuz i don't have enough time to do it right now but definitely will do one in the near future. Cheers man!!

[@AbdullahGad95]

very useful man thanks! can you perform a car modeling tutorial with your simple way

[@hyeonjulee2266]

everything works fine but stitch and sew doesn't work for me D: I can't select the points. so I had to use weld instead. nice tutorial btw!!

[@TheAnpu]

Well, make sure u're not selecting any point when using the stitch and sew tool, hope that will help

[@hyeonjulee2266]

thank you ! now it's working

[@Weldras]

nice usefull tips here, but please get used to 1,2,3 keys for faster scene control ;-)

[@HAITHAM689]

thx so much bro

[@aeva481]

can someone tell me the difference between this and box modelling?

[@TheAnpu]

There is no major difference between them, they are just different way to model things, and "hardsurface modeling" is dedicated to hard surfaces obviously, box modeling i use it (in my case) to model organic shapes and characters.

[@aeva481]

Thanks for replying :D so if I want to model a cartoony stylized I would do a sketch then box model it?

[@aeva481]

Cartoony stylized character

[@TheAnpu]

Not necessarily, but yeah i find it easier to box model characters :))

[@boydopran4682]

Thanks man I follow you. Boyd Sweden

[@horscht85]

nice tut thanks! - the mish-chicken got me though ^^

[@TheAnpu]

LMFAO, never thought it will sound like that to native speakers xD, u're welcome man :))

[@alenlenia]

Good one Bro, \M/

[@ricardomartins3620]

can anyone provide me a link to free dowload the new version of c4d,pleass