#Cinema 4d plugins folder install#
However, if you have a fresh install of a recent Windows version and a recent Cinema 4D version such as R20, it is possible that the libraries are not present. If you have installed other software, there is a good chance that the necessary libraries will have been installed then. With any Windows installation a version of the libraries is installed but not necessarily the specific version which Cycles 4D needs. If these are not installed on your machine the plugin will not run. Just unzip the entire archive and be sure NOT to delete the file named 'libraries'! For Windows users, there is an issue which occurs in a small percentage of users to do with missing Windows libraries DLLs. These are automatically installed when you unzip the supplied archive file and you don't need to download them separately or install them into a different location. Please note that for use on Windows machines Cycles needs additional.
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Note that two versions of the bridge plugin are provided, one for R20 and one for R The correct one will be used automatically and you don't need to delete the one not being used - just leave them both in the plugin's folder. Once the archive has been unzipped restart Cinema and when prompted enter the licence you received from us when you purchased your licence. Cycles 4D must be unzipped into that plugins folder.
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Inside this folder you will find another folder named 'plugins'. The location is found at the bottom of the window. You can find out where that is from within Cinema 4D by opening the main Cinema preferences dialog. Simply unzip the file into the plugins folder in your user preferences folder.