Projection Deformer
This page covers the Projection deformer in Cinema 4D. It projects the points of its parent object onto a target surface along a chosen direction — wrapping flat geometry like labels, roads or patterns onto arbitrary shapes.
The projection deformer moves or, more precisely, projects the points of its superordinated object to it onto a target object to be defined arbitrarily. You can define a projection direction, which is displayed in the view by means of 4 arrows.
If no target object surface is found in the specified direction, corresponding object points will remain unchanged:
If you want to project only parts of an object (e.g., the bottom side), you can, for example, place a linear field in the Fields tab, as shown below:
