Cinema 4D shape extrusion + Ray Traced effects in logo?

[RadioSteve]

Im a bit of a beginner when it comes to AE but have a decent grasp and some experience with it.

I have a logo “shape” composition I’ve extruded several layers on in an AE project with the Cinema 4D renderer.

Is there any way one can use a different project with the Ray Traced renderer and import the features of the other composition, in effect adding the features of both renderers?

(i. e. The layer styles, adjustment layers and other effects available in the Ray Traced renderer are not available in the Cinema 4D renderer, so can I precompose one project with the more restrictive Cinema 4D renderer, then import that into another project using the Ray Traced renderer and get the effect features of both this way? Or is this nonsense?)

Sorry is this is a stupid question.

[RadioSteve]

Fixed!

Ok- so I found a YouTube tip on this issue. It was hard to find. Missing Menu Bar C4D [FIX] - YouTube

The layout clickdown menu at the top right of the GUI was set on “startup”. It needed to be on “Cinema 4D”.  Yay! I can save the file normally now. FYI on this issue— if you close C4D it asked to save changes. So I was able to save my work that way. But it’s a clunky way of having to do it.