2024.5.0 SDK Release

[ferdinand]

Dear development community,

On July the 17th, 2024, Maxon Computer released Cinema 4D 2024.5.0. For an overview of the new features of Cinema 4D 2024.5, please refer to the release announcement. Alongside this release, a new Cinema 4D SDK and SDK documentation have been released, reflecting the API changes for 2024.5.0. The major changes are:

• C++ - No significant changes to the API. This release contains the fix for the connector object ABI regression, and a slightly updated Create a Redshift Material code example.
• Python - Contains various minor bug fixes and a slight update to the layout and TOCs of the documentation.

Head to our download section for the newest SDK downloads, or the C++ and Python API change notes for an in detail overview of the changes.

Happy rendering and coding,
the Maxon SDK Team

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