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# Radial Field

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Radial Field** in **Cinema 4D**. It spreads its influence around an axis as an angular, pie-slice-shaped section — ideal for sweeping, clock-hand-style effects around a center.

![Image: 041584.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/041584.jpg)\
The effect of the Radial Field. The transition in the cylinder sector can also be soft (right).

This field is a geometric field whose effect unfolds around an axis to be defined in the form of a cylinder section. The effect can be mixed with other fields and modifier layers in the corresponding field lists (e.g. for effectors or deformers).

# Example

[Video: 2026](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2026-0_Fields_06_.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/2026-0_Fields_06_.c4d)