View source for Creating Animated Models in Cinema4D

Steps to create an animated model using Cinema4D that will work with Constructive Labs software:

# Create a mesh model as usual in Cinema4D. 
# Select the Front view
# Choose the Character->Joint tool. <br> [[File:C4D2.png]]
# Hold the CTRL key and click where the base of the skeleton should be (perhaps the bottom of the spine or the bottom of the model)
# Keep holding the CTRL key and click at each joint location to create a linked line of bones that follow along the center of the model mesh.
# When you have created all the bones, release the CTRL key and click anywhere outside the mesh to stop making bones. <br>  [[File:C4D1.png]]
# Now you need to bind the bones to the mesh. Select all the bones (Easily done in the Object Browser by shift-clicking or ctrl-clicking on the names of the bones, so they are all selected)
# Hold the CTRL key and click on the name of the mesh in the Object Browser
# Choose Character->Bind... (now the bones are connected to the mesh. <br>  [[File:C4D3.png]]
# You should now be able to double-click on each bone and rotate it to form a pose. <br>  [[File:C4D4.png]]
# Now to record the animation, click on the Autokeying button (looks like an orange circle with parenthesis in it, located to the left of the Play button) <br>  [[File:C4D-icons.png]]
# Position the play-back frame indicator at frame zero and form a pose. 
# Position the play-back frame indicator at another frame (say frame 30) and form another pose that the animation will transition to. Continue for all the poses you want in your animation. <br> [[File:C4D5.png]]
# Click the Play (triangle) button and you animation should start running. The model should smoothly deform to follow the changing bone positions.
# When you are satisfied with your animation, do '''File->Export->glTF''' to export the file in glb format for use in Constructive Labs.