script_name_description¶

Example to customize the name and the description in the script manager. Name-en-US defines the displayed name. Description-en-US defines the description of the script. As long as Name-en-US (Prior R20 it was Name-US) and Description-en-US (Prior R20 it was Description-US) are in the first comment bloc, c4d will extract them.

script_name_description.py¶

"""Example to customize the name and the description in the script manager. Name-en-US defines the displayed name. Description-en-US defines the description of the script. As long as Name-en-US (Prior R20 it was Name-US) and Description-en-US (Prior R20 it was Description-US) are in the first comment bloc, c4d will extract them.

Topics:
    * gui
"""
__author__ = "Maxime Adam"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2026 MAXON Computer GmbH"
__license__ = "Apache-2.0 License"
__version__ = "R13"

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