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title: "Normalize"
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description: "This page documents the Normalize node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It scales a vector to length 1 while keeping its direction — the …"
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# Normalize

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page documents the **Normalize node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It scales a vector to length 1 while keeping its direction — the prerequisite for clean axis vectors and angle math.

Normalizing a vector consists of restricting its length to a value of 1. The vector's original direction will be maintained. This is also referred to as a Unit Vector. Normalized vectors are, for example, used for the axis vectors of an object matrix.