Reference Cinema 4D Basic Features Mesh Menu Edge Cut
Function available in CINEMA 4D Prime, Visualize, Broadcast, Studio & BodyPaint 3D
Edge Cut

Options Tool

Options

Offset [0..100%]

Here you can change the position of the new points along the selected edge. Points that lie one on top of the other will be welded together.

Scale [0..+∞%]

If Subdivision is set to 2 or higher, you can use the Scale parameter to adjust the distance between the new points. The scaling takes place in the direction of the first point.

Subdivision [1..100]

Edge Cut applied to the selected edge with Subdivision set to 4. Offset/Scale set to 50/100 (left), 50/30 (center) and 50/80 (right).

Create N-gons

When active, N-Gons will be created. When not active, triangles will be created.

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N-gons

These options can be used to define details when creating polygons. You can select from the following:

  • None: No n-gons will be created
  • All: All polygons for the edge cut will be created as n-gons
  • Corners: Quadrangles will be created within the ring loop and n-gons will be created on external and adjacent polygons.