What versions of Cinema 4D does Slicer work on?

Slicer works with Cinema 4D R20 and above.

Slicer is compatible with Mac & PC.

How many computers can I install Slicer on?

One license of Slicer entitles you to one install on a tower and one on a laptop. Looking for a group License? Contact us.

I’ve correctly installed Slicer but it’s not showing up in my Extension/Plugin Dropdown.

The most likely cause is your C4D is not fully up-to-date. Newer compiles of C4D often break older plugins. Update your C4D, and Slicer will likely pop into the Extension/Plugin dropdown right after.

Why am I getting bad/ugly geometry?

It’s always a good idea to feed a Slicer clean geometry. “Smooth” can help clean this up, but no in every circumstance. When in doubt you could always feed a model into a Volume Builder/Mesher, then feed the result into Slicer.

The Extrude object inside of Cinema 4D was designed to work with objects only as complex as a Text Spline. Slicer returned significantly fancier splines than a Text Spline. Any overlapping lines will cause an Extrude to break. Adding a lot of “Expand” and “Smooth” to a Slicer can cause these overlaps.

Does Slicer work with other plugins? X-Particles? Octane? Redshift? Arnold? Etc?

Yes! It generates a spline, so as long as another plugin can see a spline, it should see Slicer.

3rd party renders see splines differently from each other. Often times they require a tag applied onto the spline to have it be seen by the render engine.

What happens if I send a file to someone who doesn’t have Slicer?

C4D will pop up a warning that there is a missing plugin, and the Slicer objects in the Object Manager will show as question marks. If a scene file is saved on a machine that doesn’t have Slicer but the question marks, once it is returned to a machine that has Slicer installed, it will automatically work again (assuming the Slicer wasn’t deleted by the user).

A Slicer can be made editable if it is not animated, then the resulting spline could be sent. Otherwise baking to Alembic will be necessary.

Can I send a file with Slicer to render farm?

The render farm will require Slicer to be installed. If a 3rd party farm does not have Slicer, have the vendor contact Rocket Lasso.

If all else fails, a Slicer spline can be baked out to Alembic for maximum compatibility.

Why isn’t Slicer showing up in my R23?

Maxon changed some things in an R23 update, so make sure your R23 is fully updated to Service Pack 1. Slicer is compatible with the most up-to-date version of C4D.

Find a bug?

Please contact us and let us know so we can fix it!