Cinema 4D Datasmith Survey

Orliqq · July 13, 2019, 8:01am

Hi,
since 4.23 is in preciew, can i find somewhere exporter from cinema via datasmith?

pf_breton · July 13, 2019, 2:17pm

Its a direct import in this case. You’ll find it in the datasmith import button

francfalco · July 15, 2019, 10:02am

Hi Epic,

Any updates on when Datasmith for C4D will be shipping.
Spoke to your Enterprise head at a recent training session a few weeks ago and he mentions within a few weeks (now-ish).

Just checking in to see latest updates?

pf_breton · July 15, 2019, 11:53am

its in 4.23 preview already, you can try it

francfalco · July 16, 2019, 4:28pm

Great i’ll give it a try!
Thanks

francfalco · July 16, 2019, 5:07pm

Is there any documentation for import C4D native
best practice?

johncorbitt · July 19, 2019, 9:43pm

I tried opening a C4D scene with the C4D import plug-in and it says it doesn’t recognize the .C4D extension

johncorbitt · July 19, 2019, 9:45pm

I am on Windows 10. I tried importing a C4D 20 and a C4D 19 scene. Unreal gave me an error message saying the .C4D extension was “UNKNOWN” for both. Bummed

Jordan_Ariel · July 23, 2019, 4:42pm

Hey guys for those of you using Preview 3 I was able to get this to work. You need to first save your c4d scene using their “Save for Melange” option under the file menu. Then, using the Datasmith button in UE4 (at the top bar), switch it to C4D importer and import that C4D scene file. Everything comes in great! Mograph and cloners seem to be working well, but I haven’t yet done thorough testing. Well done Epic!