Cinema 4D Basic Features Create Menu Primitives Platonic Object
Function available in CINEMA 4D Prime, Visualize, Broadcast, Studio & BodyPaint 3D
Platonic Object

Basic Coord. Object

Object Properties

Radius [0..+∞m]

This value gives the size of the circumscribing sphere inside which the object is placed. All corner points of the object will touch the surface of this sphere.

Platonic object placed into the circumscribing sphere.

Segments [1..1000]

The number of subdivisions applied to all surfaces.

Type

Here you can choose from a list of predefined Platonic objects

Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron and C60-Buckyball.

Switch to Updated Platonic

This button will only be displayed if an older scene is imported and serves to convert the platonic body to an updated primitive with optimized UV mapping (a prompt will appear first). For a newly created platonic body, the updated primitive will be used directly.