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title: "Step"
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description: "This page documents the Step Effector in Cinema 4D's MoGraph system. It interpolates a transformation gradually from the first to the last clone — …"
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# Step

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Step Effector** in **Cinema 4D**'s MoGraph system. It interpolates a transformation gradually from the first to the last clone — creating staircases, growing rows and cascading offset animations with a single Effector.

> **Tip:** Tip:Note also the [Step Field](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/FLSTEP.html.md), which works similarly within the Field functionality.

The Step Effector works like this: Each defined transformation is applied to the last clone, and the transformation of the clones in between (i.e. clone 0 to the last clone) is interpolated.

[Video: 2025-2_MoG_24_.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2025-2_MoG_24_.mp4)

[![Image: halvar.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/halvar.png)](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/2025-2_MoG_24_.c4d)

The following applies to the numbering of clones:

- **Clone mode (Grid)**: When looking at the grid in the Z-direction: The first clone is at the bottom left. The sequence is basically as follows: 1st row at bottom front from left to right, 2nd row at bottom front from left to right, etc., then from front to rear.
- **Polygon objects / splines**: If cloning takes place on polygonal objects or splines, the first clone is always the one that is on the first object point or spline point.
- **Particles**: The first clone will be on the first generated particle.
- **MoInstance object**: The first clone is the one directly behind the animated instanced object.