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reindeer4
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April 30, 2018
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Using Cinema 4d Lite Fracture

  • April 30, 2018
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Hi -

I'm trying to figure out if you can use Cinema 4D Lite's fracture to pre-fracture objects (say a cube that has been made editable) into a 'multi-object' for use in Element 3D (by Video Copilot).  Thought I saw a tutorial about that but can't find it and might be mixing things up.

Thanks for any help.

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    Correct answer angie_taylor

    And to answer your question, no Fracture does not actually break up geometry. So external software will still see a cube, or nothing.

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    angie_taylor
    angie_taylor
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    April 30, 2018

    You should be able to

    import most  Cinema 4D objects just as you would OBJs. But you must make sure to select the preference “Save Polygons for Melange” in the C4D prefs for this to work.

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    reindeer4Author
    Inspiring
    May 2, 2018

    I have Melange for polygons and animation turned on. But I'm not getting any results / fracturing after I add a cube, convert to editable item, add Mograph Fracture, make the cube a child of the fracture (and have tried adding effector such as random or plane).

    Does Fracture actually break up the geometry? Or is Fracture just used to take multiple objects (like 6 cubes) and allow some randomization of color / position etc by using a Fracture Effector along with Random Effector?

    Nicholas J Leach
    Nicholas J Leach
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    March 6, 2020

    Let me know if you need help doing that :-)


    Hey I am using your tutrial in Lynda.com.  "Adding surface detail with a Relief object"

    Well at some point that feature dissapeared from "lite". My question is what tool or tools can we use to replace it in the latest version? (21) This post got my attention because I am importing .obj files with a mesh.

    I can animate selections with the section tool. ( pressing "U" then pressing "F" in polygon mode) Sure wish I could save the selections some how so I could acceses them easier? Any suggestions?

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