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title: "VRML 2 Import"
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description: "This page refers to the VRML 2 import in Cinema 4D. It loads the legacy web-3D format including basic geometry and animation — mainly of interest for …"
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# VRML 2 Import

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page refers to the **VRML 2 import** in **Cinema 4D**. It loads the legacy web-3D format including basic geometry and animation — mainly of interest for older archived assets.

## General

- ASCII-Format
- All basic objects (cuboid, sphere, cone, cylinder).
- Polygon objects of any size and number of vertices (n corners are triangulated).
- Perspective cameras, light sources (direct, point, spot).
- Material tags:\
  ambient color, diffuse color, specular color, emissive color, shininess
- WWW Links are created as a Cinema 4D attribute (Comment tag).
- WWW Inline Nodes are not supported.

> **Tip:** Tip:Object names in VRML files must not contain any special characters (not even +, –, \*, /). This may be the only reason that Cinema 4D is refusing to load a file!