Cinema API Base Classes

General Plugin Information

Cinema API plugins are typically created by implementing a base class and registering that implementation. For details see:

• General Plugin Functionality Overview

Entity Creation

A new instance of a given class should be created using Cinema 4D's memory management system.

• Entity Creation and Destruction Manual (Cinema API)

Base Classes

Cinema API elements are typically based on these base classes:

• C4DAtom Manual
• GeListNode Manual
• BaseList2D Manual
• GeListHead Manual

Basic Data

Specific data types to handle these base classes are:

• DescID Manual
• AtomArray Manual
• GeMarker Manual