Installing Net Server/Client or Licesne Server as a Windows service
The installation of any app as a service can be done using a tool from microsoft (srvany.exe)
Microsoft Support
To make this work with the license server (or Net Server/client) you should use the -homedir directoryname
commandline option to specify a specific directory where all preferences will be stored.
This parameter needs to be used for the service as well as the GUI version to make sure that all configurations done in GUI mode are available to the service.
This is especialy important if the service runs with different user credentials than the GUI version.
The downside of running a service is that there is no access to the GUI anymore, so any changes that need to be done via the GUI make it neccesary to follow theses step:
1. stop the service (pause is not sufficent)
2. start the app in GUI mode
3. make the neccesary changes
4. Exit the application
5. start the service
Often overlooked functions
With pressed Ctrl key you can move an object in the editor without moving it's children
Alt Click on the visibility options of an object will change editor as well as render visibility at the same time
Ctrl Click on the visibility options of an object will change the options for the children too
Shift Click on the visibility options of an object will cycle the options backwards
The last three functions can be combined
Ctrl Click on the enable checkmark of an object will toggle the setting for the object and all children
Ctrl Click on a mode (Polygon, Point or Edge) will convert the current selection
Shift Ctrl Click on a mode (Polygon, Point or Edge) will convert the current selection with tolerance
Alt Click on an object icon to create a new object will place it as the parent of the currently active object
Shift Alt Click on an object icon to create a new object will place it as a child of the currently active object
Ctrl Click on the rotate icon will rotate around the cameras axis instead of the selected object
Shift Click on the rotate icon will rotate around the world axis instead of the selected object
Doubleclick on the handle of the timeslider let's you enter the framenumber you want to set the current time to
Ctrl Alt Shift Click on a keyframe will select all keyframes of all objects in the timeline at this frame
Alt D disables the axis display
Holding F10 pressed allows to move the modelling axis
Holding F11 pressed allows to rotate the modelling axis
Holding F12 pressed disables the axis lock
Shift Click on an axis will restrict movement / rotation / scaling to the remaning axis
When creating a file named c4d_use_homedir.txt in the CINEMA installation directory the preferences will be saved in the default user directory set by the OS instead of the CINEMA directory.
Body Paint 3D
To create a bitmap from the UV polygons for later painting in other applications select a small hard brush, switch to UV mode, select all UVs you want to include and choose Layer->Outline Polygons from the menu.
To display a selected channel (for example bump) as a color channel choose "Display selected channel" from the BodyPaint 3D paint layout ->Edit menu