example.migration_2024

example.migration_2024

Provides an overview of the fundamental API changes introduced with Cinema 4D 2024.0 API.

The examples can be run from the menu entry Extensions/example.migration_2024 inside Cinema 4D once the SDK has been compiled and loaded.

Files

File	Description
oboundingbox.cpp	Demonstrates the common changes of a #NodeData derived plugin that has been migrated to the 2024 API.
oboundingbox_legacy.cpp	Exemplifies a #NodeData derived plugin that is in a pre-2024.0 API state which should be converted.
change_examples.cpp	Contains examples for the not directly NodeData related 2024.0 API changes.
_migration_example_plugin.cpp	Contains boilerplate code to register and run the 2024 migration examples.

Examples in change_examples.cpp

Function	Description
InstantiateDescID	Demonstrates how to construct compile-time and runtime constant DescID identifiers.
AccessNodeDataContainer	Demonstrates how to access the data container of scene elements.
AccessNodeBranches	Demonstrates the slightly changed syntax of accessing node branches.
CopyOnWriteSceneData	Demonstrates the copy-on-write changes made to VariableTag and BaseSelect.
AvoidingDictionaries	Demonstrates the new and performant type maxon::AttributeTuple to store and index data with MAXON_ATTRIBUTE keys which are known at compile-time.
CustomDataTypeAccess	Demonstrates how to access custom data type fields in BaseContainer and GeData instances.
GradientSampling	Demonstrates the changes made to Gradient sampling.
FieldSampling	Demonstrates the changes made to FieldObject sampling.
CastingStyles	Outlines the slightly changed style recommendations for casting between data types.