On September the 13th, 2023, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D 2024.0.0. Alongside this release, a new Cinema 4D SDK and SDK documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for 2024.0.0. For an overview of the features of Cinema 4D 2024.0, please refer to the fall release announcement. The major SDK related changes in this release are: The Cinema 4D C++ API has been modified substantially to improve scene execution timings. Most changes revolve around a more rigorous handling of the mutability of data. Heavily modified has been the cinema.framwork and particularly the NodeData ty ..read more

Dear Development Community, As we continue to work to provide customers with industry-leading 3D solutions, Maxon will make significant changes to the API of Cinema 4D in its next major release. This does not only include the feature additions and minor technical changes you might be accustomed to from past API releases, but also substantial changes to existing parts of the API. These changes are of technical nature and revolve around the const-correctness of the API. Primarily affected are the plugin hooks derived from NodeData and its derived interfaces in the cinema framework. The Python A ..read more

Maxon views the development community as critical to the success of Cinema 4D and Cineware and is therefore dedicated to supporting third party developers with industry leading technical support. Support for all developers is provided by the following means: C++ Cinema 4D API documentation. Python Cinema 4D API documentation. C++ Cineware API documentation. Cinema 4D SDK Github repository for the C++ and Python API. Public Forum Support via Plugin Café. Confidental Email Support via our contact form. Before contacting us via our contact form or forum, please make sure to read our support gui ..read more

On March the 29th, 2023, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D 2023.2.0. Alongside this release, a new Cinema 4D SDK and SDK documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for 2023.2.0. For an overview of the features of Cinema 4D 2023.2, please refer to the spring release announcement. The major SDK related changes in this release are: The Visual Studio Code (VS Code) bindings for the Script Manager have been integrated into Cinema 4D, making the formerly provided Cinema 4D plugin obsolete. Required is still the VS Code extension which can be found here. For the integrated features ..read more

On November the 9th, 2022, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D 2023.1.0. Alongside this release, a new Cinema 4D SDK and SDK documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for 2023.1.0. The major changes in this documentation update are in C++ the addition of the Color Management and OpenColorIO manuals. In Python, the documentation of native Python magic methods such as __init__, __iter__, or __getitem__ has been updated and the c4dpy interpreter now supports more of the native CPython command line arguments. 2023.1.0 C++ SDK and API Documentation Extended 2023.1.0 SP1 C++ SDK On ..read more

On September the 7th, 2022, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D 2023.0.0. Alongside this release, a new Cinema 4D SDK and SDK documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for 2023.0.0. The major changes in this documentation update are in C++ exposure of OCIO interfaces and the added legacy plugin type symbols. In Python, minor bug fixes have been carried out and an updated version of the VS Code plugin for Cinema 4D 2023.0.0 has been provided. Please refer to the Maxon One Fall Update notes for details on the changes of the application itself. 2023.0.0 C++ SDK and API Documentat ..read more

On June the 29th, 2022, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D S26 SP1 (S 26.107). Alongside that release, the new SDK and documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for S26 SP1. The major changes in this documentation update are in C++ exposure of OCIO interfaces and the added legacy plugin type symbols. In Python, the Python Libraries Manual has been reworked, outlining more clearly how to import custom Python libraries in scripts and plugins. See the Maxon One Fall Update notes for details on the changes of application itself. S26 SP1 C++ SDK and API Documentation Extended S26 ..read more

On April the 20th, 2022, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D S26. Alongside that release, the new SDK and documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for S26. Cinema 4D S26 now provides the ability to integrate Visual Studio Code with the Script Manager of Cinema 4D to load, run, and debug Cinema 4D scripts from VS Code. The features are documented more extensively in the Cinema 4D Connector documentation. Added was also an SDK asset database which contains assets used by the C+ SDK. Please refer to the release notes of S26 for an overview of the newly introduced features of S26 ..read more

A Cineware SDK update for Cinema 4D R25 has been released and it’s available for download. Main changes (see full changelist) in the new release are: Support for Apple Silicon-based hardware Download Cineware SDK ..read more

On Dec the 13th, 2021, Maxon released Cinema 4D R25 SP1 (version 25.113). Please refer to the official article on the Maxon Website for further details. You can find the updated documentation for both the C++ and Python Cinema 4D SDK under the following links: Major changes: Search box now accept special characters Improved documentation for messages with the new Message System manual. Added Symbols manual, explaining what symbols are and how they are imported. C++: Browse C++ SDK Documentation Online Download HTML format Python: Browse Python SDK Documentation Online ..read more