SDK Change Notes for Cinema 4D 2024.3

Summarizes the API and API documentation changes made between Cinema 4D version 2024.2.0 and 2024.3.0.

Documentation Changes

Major Changes

• Added a more artist friendly way to create and modify material node graphs with Graph Descriptions.

• Added support for the dragging node attributes from the Attribute Manager to the Python console.

• Updated theme of the Python documentation for better readability and slightly improved improved mobile support.

Minor Changes

• Updated Icon Index page with new layout and search function.

• Updated c4dpy Manual with information about command-line arguments and other changes.

• Added support for NodeMaterial parameter access in GeListNode.__getitem__() and GeListNode.__setitem__().

• Added support for capsule parameter access in GeListNode.__getitem__() and GeListNode.__setitem__().

• Added support DA_DATA so it become possible to sets a maxon.Data in a c4d.BaseContainer.

• Added a button to copy all content of a script within all snippets embedded within this documentation.

• Improved the error message when a Maxon datatype is returned while the maxon package was not imported.

• Fixed an issue where GeListNode.__getitem__() and GeListNode.__setitem__() used with userdata raise an error.

• Fixed an issue with the string representation of a maxon.Vec3 and maxon.Vec4

• Fixed Documentation of the argument idOrNodeKind in maxon.GraphNode.FindChild().

API Changes

Classic API

• Added GvPort.GetIncomingDestination().

• Added GvPort.GetIncomingSource().

Maxon API

• Added maxon.GraphDescription.

• Added maxon.GraphDescription.PARSE_FLAGS.

• Added maxon.GraphDescription.QUERY_FLAGS.

• Added maxon.NodeSpaceIdentifiers.