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title: "Profile"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_NODE_PRIMITIVE_CURVE_PROFILE.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Geo Spline > Profile"
element_id: "NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_NODE_PRIMITIVE_CURVE_PROFILE"
description: "This page documents the Profile node primitive of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It generates standardized beam profiles as splines — ready-made …"
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# Profile

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Profile node primitive** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It generates standardized beam profiles as splines — ready-made cross-sections for steelwork and technical construction in node setups.

This Node creates various I-beam profiles.

![Image: R25_Profile.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/R25_Profile.jpg)\
Some of the shape variations that can be created with the Profile Node.