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title: "PolyFX"
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description: "This page documents the PolyFX deformer in Cinema 4D's MoGraph system. It treats every polygon or spline segment of an object as a clone, so Effectors can …"
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# PolyFX

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **PolyFX deformer** in **Cinema 4D**'s MoGraph system. It treats every polygon or spline segment of an object as a clone, so Effectors can scatter, rotate and animate them — the classic tool for dissolve and assemble effects.

![Image: 024371.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/024371.jpg)\
2 \*, 2 \* [Sweep Object](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OSWEEP.html.md) and 1 Torus object (once on polygon level, once on spline level) are fragmented using a PolyFX object. How finely an object is fragmented depends on the subdivision of the respective object.

[![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_36_.c4d)

The **PolyFX** object can be viewed as a Deformation object that considers each polygon of a given object or each segment of a given Spline to be a Clone, thus allowing any MoGraph Effector to affect them accordingly.

Proceed as follows if you want to use a PolyFX object:

- Make the PolyFX object a Child object of the object you want it to affect (or place it onto the same hierarchical level under a common Parent object). Nothing will happen, yet, because no Effector has been applied.
- Make sure the PolyFX object is selected and call up any Effector, which will automatically be assigned to the active PolyFX object. Done.

The following applies to polygons: By default, polygons are moved, rotated and scaled using the [polygon coordinate system](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OPOLYGON.html.md) . Note that the polygon **Z** axis runs in the direction of the surface Normals.