Or it can be found by opening Preferences in.
#Cinema 4d r20 prefs mac#
** Note that in this step you can also create a new folder straight from the search window, so if you haven't created a plugins folder already you can do so in this step instead. On a Mac its in Users > User name > Library > Preferences > MAXON > Cinema 4D R20 > prefs. It will work in earlier versions, just some icons featuring the new features of r21 wont be of any use to you. Since the old method still works, folders located in the same folder where Cinema 4D itself is installed are ignored if used as a Search Path Cinema 4D Shortcut Icons Speed up your Cinema 4D workflow with 1800 shortcut icons for use with your Stream Deck device or Touch Portal software. In this window, select Memory from the left pane to. * You cannot use a plugins folder inside of your Cinema 4D installation folder for this method. To set the undo depth, select Edit > Preferences from the main menu to open the Preferences window. Now you can simply close Cinema 4D and re-launch it to and it should load all of the plugins installed to the new folder. Once you find and select that folder, click OK and you'll see it show up in the Search Paths box with a checkmark next to it showing that it's enabled now: This will open an Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) search window which you can use to find the Plugins folder we created earlier**. Go to the Plugins section on the left, then click Add Folder on the bottom of this window: To do that, simply go to the Edit menu in Cinema 4D and choose Preferences. Next, You need to tell Cinema 4D where to search for plugins. This folder can be named anything, but in this example, we'll simply call it "Plugins": This folder can even be on a cloud service's folder such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever else you use so that you can use the same plugins folder across multiple machines! This makes things very convenient when you're working at, say, a home computer as well as a laptop or work computer.
#Cinema 4d r20 prefs how to#
Let's look at how to do that:įirst, you need to create a folder anywhere on your computer* to hold all your plugins. Or it can be found by opening Preferences in C4D (Edit menu, or Cmd + E) and clicking on the Open Preferences Folder button in the lower left corner (which also has the path displayed next to it). Although you could simply create a plugins folder in your Cinema 4D installation folder, this is the old method and does not always work properly with R20 or higher versions of Cinema 4D.įortunately, in R20 and higher the plugins system has been overhauled to make using plugins a lot easier! All you have to do is set up a plugins path in Cinema 4D's preferences. On a Mac it’s in Users > User name > Library > Preferences > MAXON > Cinema 4D R20 > prefs. R20 and higher no longer have a Plugins folder in the folder Cinema 4D is installed to.
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