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This page provides information about the V-Ray Renderable Spline tag in Cinema 4D. 


Overview

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The Renderable Spline tag allows V-Ray to render splines. Splines can also be assigned with texture maps.

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Splines with a Renderable Spline tag are rendered as thin-walled objects.  


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UI Path: (Object Selected) Objects tab > Tags V-Ray Tags > Renderable Spline


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 UI Paths: (Object Selected) Objects tab > right-click on object > V-Ray Tags > Renderable Spline


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Starting with Cinema 4D 2023.1, the Renderable Spline tag resides in Extensions > V-Ray tags

 


Common Properties

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Render – Enables V-Ray to render of the spline.

Width Multiplier – Specifies the width of the spline in centimeters.

Width Mode – Specifies how the width of the spline is defined:

Linear – Introduces a linear (constant) value along the whole spline.
Spline – Introduces a width based on a curve, allowing different widths between different points of the spline.

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You can create a new curve point using Ctrl + Left-click or by using a curve preset.

Start Width/ End Width – Splines in Cinema 4D do not have thickness, and these . These parameters must be used to specify the start/end width of the spline.

Lock End Width – When enabled, Start Width controls the constant thickness along the spline.

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Width Mode Linear

Width Mode Spline with preset loaded

 

 

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